Example sentences of "of [noun] [noun prp] had [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Further south , the coastal merchants of west Africa had been trading with Europe for several centuries . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | All kinds of people Molassi had been winding up about their music taste started piling in . |
| 4 | The horrors of Neuve Chapelle had been convincing enough as he described them , yet they turned artificial with this knowledge of repetition . |
| 5 | He has lived in this pleasant suburb 45 years , entirely unaware that Kirk , Keef , Claptout and all of Led Zeppelin had been looking for him to apologise for stealing his songs and to pay him much-needed royalties . |
| 6 | Before he answered it she slipped in a question about the length of time Shildon had been working on the assignment . |