Example sentences of "the question [that] had be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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1 | She smiled to herself , reflecting that this was the question that had been torturing Richard all his life . |
2 | It was the question that had been tormenting her from the very moment she had seen him enter the room . |
3 | Then Riven asked the question that had been gnawing at him for the last day : ‘ What about Murtach ? ’ |
4 | It was Michael who asked the question that had been troubling them all . |
5 | Resisting the temptation to ask for answers to some of the questions that had been plaguing her , Luce shook her head . |
6 | She waited , holding her breath , wondering whether he would really answer all the questions that had been buzzing around in her head ever since she had first met him , or whether he would skirt around the subject and depend instead on the overwhelming attraction she felt for him to talk her back into bed . |