Example sentences of "of [noun pl] [pron] had been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the FoE did welcome a number of proposals they had been campaigning on for some time . |
| 2 | Barbarossa 's initial aim was to unify Germany , and settle a number of conflicts which had been weakening the realm . |
| 3 | The final southbound working to run over the section from Dunford to Sheffield consisted of class 20 No. 20004 and a brake conveying a party of contractors who had been inspecting the remaining part of the route west of Penistone . |
| 4 | In any case , if Parson Woodforde 's manservant Ben Leggatt found himself temporarily ‘ out of pocket ’ , all he had to do was to pawn the best pair of trousers he had been wearing over the weekend and redeem them in time for church on Sunday . |
| 5 | She inherited from her brother a methodical and intelligent Treasurer , the Marquis of Winchester ; and she also took over the conclusions of committees which had been investigating the Crown 's finances under Edward VI . |
| 6 | The foundation of a national Board of Education signalled the acceptance within the official culture of a need for policies that would co-ordinate an efficient and fully national system of education , and also allowed the voices of dons who had been calling for a transformation of the traditional curriculum to carry more weight than ever before . |
| 7 | The broad effect of the Act was to enable societies to offer the extended range of services they had been lobbying for . |
| 8 | The court was told he had used cocaine and heroin and he also admitted that in addition to a cocktail of drugs he had been drinking heavily the evening before the incident . |