Example sentences of "[subord] they had [be] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not known yesterday if the three had returned to Scotland or to the Costa del Sol where they had been living before their arrest . |
| 2 | The English had not been acquiring new subjects in the first century and a half of their overseas expansion ; for the next century and a half they acquired new subjects at a rate which would have been quite inconceivable if they had been dealing with men and women who thought about their political rights and obligations in terms of nationalism . |
| 3 | The former concept had a crucial historical advantage at the birth of mechanics ; Western thinkers approaching things as materials which stay put until the craftsman or builder reaches for them , would not have started trying to measure how the inert is moved by external forces if they had been thinking in terms of inherently active ch'i . |
| 4 | By searching for flashes repeating at exactly the same rate as the radio pulses , they were able to investigate much fainter pulsations than if they had been looking for pulses occurring at an unknown rate . |
| 5 | If they had been working on fruit trees they 'd come in much higher . |
| 6 | Writing the software was somewhat tedious , but having to work at this level did help the designers to get away from preconceptions about interaction which they might have had if they had been working within the input/output facilities provided by a conventional mini or mainframe operating system ( for example , that it needs a RETURN to terminate user input or that the operating system can properly handle the echoing of characters to the terminal ) . |
| 7 | She did n't know if they had been driving for minutes or days . |
| 8 | He really did n't think the Revolution was anything more than a few peasants kicking up a fuss , like they had been doing for hundreds of years . |
| 9 | ‘ I do n't know what he meant , ’ Allen said after they had been walking for some time on the soft turf at the verge of the track . |
| 10 | Is there anything you can tell me about the two young women who died after they had been working in this house , Theresa Nolan and Diana Travers ? ’ |
| 11 | Tom 's quick testing of her tendon reflexes revealed their characteristic briskness , and both the medical professionals realised that the condition was progressing , when they had been hoping against all the evidence that it would not . |
| 12 | He had told her about the cannabis bed a few days ago when they had been walking in the garden and her eyes had widened in shock . |
| 13 | Heaven knew , it had been difficult enough to remain even slightly detached when they had been putting on an act for the benefit of an audience . |
| 14 | Or so he seemed to Sairellen Thackray who preferred her leaders to have the mature dignity of a Richard Oastler , whom she had followed on foot those ninety miles to York and back when they had been campaigning for the ten hour working day . |