Example sentences of "[vb past] been [v-ing] [to-vb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It depends on his attitude , if he 'd been trying to pull a fast one on you and er |
| 2 | After it was removed to make more space , it was given to the Earl of Harcourt who 'd been planning to build a gothic folly in the grounds of his Nuneham Courtney estate . |
| 3 | Three people with incendiary devices were found in a car … they said they had been intending to commit a serious crime and they just walk out of court . |
| 4 | Mr Clarke unknowingly stole the thunder of Douglas Hurd , the Home Secretary , who had been intending to make a veiled public appeal for more cash for the police services in the law and order debate . |
| 5 | She had been trying to marshal a persuasive line of argument in her mind . |
| 6 | They had been trying to maintain a steady pace , between hopping and running , and it had come hard . |
| 7 | He felt certain that Paul Lexington had been trying to pull a fast one on his coproducer . |