Example sentences of "that [noun] had been [v-ing] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Besides , he could just imagine Cashman 's fury if he discovered that Cindy had been staying unchaperoned with Matthew . |
| 2 | The negro was obviously homosexual and I realized that homosexuals had been buying that stuff for years . |
| 3 | Fleury was quite wrong in thinking that Miriam had been nourishing amorous ambitions as far as the Collector was concerned ; on the contrary , throughout the siege she had taken great pains not to allow her feelings to attach themselves to any individual man . |
| 4 | Mitra attacked a secret visit by Ramos to Switzerland in mid-February , hinting that Ramos had been seeking foreign funds for his campaign . |
| 5 | She tried to tell him that hospitals had been using such beds for years , but he just went into another tantrum . |