Example sentences of "he had [be] fighting " in BNC.

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1 She said it looked as if he had been fighting .
2 As Gabriel worked on the top of the ricks , he suddenly remembered that , eight months before , he had been fighting against fire in the same place as desperately as he was fighting against water now — and for love of the same woman , who did not love him .
3 With a curse Withel despatched the assassin he had been fighting .
4 Woolley looked as if he had been fighting a forest fire : his eyes were red , his face was filthy , and one ear had bled down his neck .
5 He had been fighting , one way or another , since just after noon .
6 He had been fighting or riding since three hours after sunrise this morning .
7 He had said he had been fighting with another man .
8 The minister , just back from Chicago where he had been fighting to prevent the breakdown of the talks , described the prospect of punitive tariffs as ‘ sad ’ .
9 Today 's news will come as a blow for British Agriculture minister John Gummer , who is just back from the US where he had been fighting to prevent the breakdown of the talks .
10 Today 's news will come as a blow for British Agriculture minister John Gummer , who is just back from the US where he had been fighting to prevent the breakdown of the talks .
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