Example sentences of "had be keeping a " in BNC.
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| 1 | While , however , Admiral Hawke had been keeping a vigilant eye on Brest , Admiral Edward Boscawen had been busily patrolling off Toulon . |
| 2 | All this time he had been keeping a reserve force waiting in the library . |
| 3 | Henri reached the cave mouth first , shortly followed by Mait , Carrefour , and finally Richmann , who had been keeping a rear guard . |
| 4 | He had been keeping a wary eye on Jacques Devraux while he made another laborious copy of the revolutionary tract and he stopped writing to watch the Frenchman walk back to his own quarters . |
| 5 | ‘ You did n't tell me you could ride , ’ she said , rather irritated , as if I had been keeping a secret from her . |
| 6 | He had been keeping a watch on Terry Place at the hospital . |
| 7 | When last heard of Uncle Charles had been keeping a Malaysian girl less than half his.age in a Vancouver penthouse but George managed to recall some less interesting small-talk and like winged seeds the conversation spiralled delicately down to business . |