Example sentences of "[vb past] been having [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Then they went back to camp and the only person there was Miguel the interpreter , who 'd been having a long conversation with one of the Indians and when he turned round all the other Indians had scarpered . |
2 | All the better that the operation rehabilitated the credibility of the police who 'd been having a bad press in the early years of the decade . |
3 | Clearly he 'd been having a bad time of it . |
4 | Harry turned back to Sam , with whom he had been having a private conversation on a quite different subject . |
5 | When he turned it was obvious from his face that he had been having a long tussle with himself . |
6 | She is seen to suffer for what she did , and Mary , the other sister , likewise ‘ paid heavily ’ : let down by an Indian student with whom she had been having a long affair . |
7 | Since he had been going with her he had been having a great time . |
8 | She claimed she had been having a passionate affair with Mary Jo 's husband Joey , 36 . |
9 | ‘ You mean , someone who had been having a lesbian affair with Eddie ? |
10 | As Maisie and Mr Malik 's relative were clearing away the destruction ( the Huysan twins had been having a mashed-potato fight with school spoons ) , he made his way up to the headmaster 's study . |
11 | A figure moved across from the dark corner in which he had been having an earnest conversation with a black boy , and sat down next to her . |