Example sentences of "they had be doing " in BNC.
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| 1 | So far they had been doing nothing more than ‘ just walking the dog , Guv ’ . |
| 2 | Despite their best efforts not to , they had been doing so since the giant rally at Sheffield a week earlier . |
| 3 | He did n't know what they had been doing to him , but whatever it was he did n't like it , and he was going to let them know it in the only way he knew — by making as loud a noise as he could ! |
| 4 | What on earth they had been doing all this time before being consumed with their mad dreams of conquest I do not know . |
| 5 | The human members of the community are here mainly because out in the commercial world , they had been doing things they did not want to do , using skills they wished they did not have . |
| 6 | We also discussed with GEC Avionics the possibility of providing their diagnostic information in a compatible , electronic format as they had been doing some work in the same area . |
| 7 | Everywhere there was evidence of abandoned normality as though everyone had put down what they had been doing , and then simply vanished ; half finished cups of coffee , dishevelled beds , games of scrabble and cards laid out , play suspended . |
| 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 | The head explained that the school had a lower/middle/ upper division and the lower school head briefly explained that the children were going to show the parents and new children what they had been doing . |
| 10 | As soon as most dealers actually knew anything , they would get disgusted with what they had been doing , and wanted out . |
| 11 | The Americans had , he thought , the edge on everybody else , they had been doing it , they had confidence , credentials , and they could write . |
| 12 | That 's what they had been doing before . |
| 13 | The APM and the report provided an opportunity for governors to explain , justify and evaluate what they had been doing , especially with regard to the quality of education offered . |