Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [pron] had been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the last few hours he had been thinking about James and Kate and the rest of the Mollands , the Salpertons and the Redburns ; and it would not have shocked him if any or all of them who were still alive had turned up unannounced at Number 29 . |
| 2 | For some months he had been making his preparations by placing his men in key positions , so that if and when the moment came , the coup would be swift and , he hoped , bloodless . |
| 3 | Some anomalies which had been arising as a result of the previous piecemeal evolution of means-tested benefit were eliminated . |
| 4 | For some days he had been mulling this over , trying to come up with something more interesting than Wyvis Hall . |
| 5 | The last few days he had been getting on her nerves . |
| 6 | There would always have been a few men who had been dancing barechested all the evening , dancing with the fierce attention of the tango , or the apache ; these were the ones who stayed on late . |
| 7 | All these years he had been carrying on on the side and now here was actual proof of it . |
| 8 | He had a strange sensation that for many minutes he had been holding his breath , though he could n't of course have been doing that . |
| 9 | By the end of the " thirties , Aunt Tossie wondered for how many years she had been paying for interesting yearlings , and with very uninteresting results . |
| 10 | One of many photographers who had been lurking among the azaleas seemed to take hope at the sight of such an obviously affectionate couple and presented himself before them . |
| 11 | In those days I had been doing a good deal of drawing ; and , having come under Wyndham Lewis 's influence , I took my Vorticist efforts round to the Master , and , to my surprise , I found that he thought quite well of them . |
| 12 | I relaxed those muscles I had been clenching . |
| 13 | This time they had to round up more horses which had been living almost wild . |
| 14 | For several months he had been finding rings of stones , surrounding a large boulder which was often topped with melted wax . |
| 15 | For several days he had been watching the moor through the telescope . |