Example sentences of "had be making a " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ She had been making a noise last season and was Hobdayed during the winter . |
2 | I had just returned to Los Angeles from the Aleutians where I had been making a film , and I came across Errol Flynn at a party at David O Selznick 's house . |
3 | Gloucester 's actions after his brother 's death are traditionally seen as the triumph of an over-mighty subject , and it follows that Edward IV had been making a rod for his own back when he allowed Gloucester to become lord of the north . |
4 | While we had been lording it in the Solent , Alert had been making a name for herself in Shetland as a stand in for Venturous . |
5 | ‘ Ben had been making a new dress for the end of Act I which he promised to bring to Shepherd 's Bush by 5.45 pm , in time for my appearance . |
6 | The eyes of four respectable women , bright with friendly interest , were looking eagerly towards him and somehow he found himself unable to explain that he had been making a study of extra-marital relations , detached and scientific though this had of course been . |
7 | Boucher had been making a habit of beating Britain 's best 10stone 7lb men in Gary Jacobs , Mickey Hughes and Kirkland Laing , and Loughran 's win must be one of the finer British achievements of the past 12 months . |
8 | ‘ When we were waiting to be questioned by the police , Doug Wilson was saying that Rodney had been making a play for Angy and hinting that he might have got somewhere . ’ |
9 | Gloucester 's actions after his brother 's death are traditionally seen as the triumph of an over-mighty subject , and it follows that Edward IV had been making a rod for his own back when he allowed Gloucester to become lord of the north . |
10 | His brother Dmitrii had been making a good case for emancipation at the War Ministry , but his own importance , in the long run , was to be greater . |
11 | Matthew had been making a detailed fire-protection plan for the acres which Fairfax had wanted to replant or afforest . |
12 | She had been making a cup of coffee and was leaning over a lit ring on the gas cooker to put the kettle on . |