Example sentences of "had been standing [adj] " in BNC.

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1 used to have to w run the old b back the old horse and cart into the co crew yard which had been standing all year with about umpteen beasts on it , trampling it down , more straw , trample it down , more straw , trample it down .
2 Gilbert had been standing next to them and almost fell down the stairs in his efforts to get away from those doors as something shouldered them open .
3 And then a sound , as if she had been standing next to a huge thunderclap .
4 He had been standing large as life beside Lady Usk , and it was plain that he knew her identity .
5 The shop had been standing empty for some time , and needed a great deal of work .
6 Now this house had been standing empty when I came in it , for twelve months .
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