Example sentences of "that [adj] [noun] had been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Sept. 2 All-India Radio reported that Pakistani forces had been shelling the Punch sector in Jammu and Kashmir since Aug. 26 and that a woman and two children had been killed . |
| 2 | Professor Roesdahl , of Aarhus University , Denmark , who is one of the chief organisers , explains that Scandinavian scholars had been planning a major show on the Vikings for some time , and the French became involved because they had also wanted to hold such an exhibition , partly to examine the Viking role in Normandy . |
| 3 | At the same time , it should not be forgotten that some writers had been advocating the use of multiple methods for years : |
| 4 | In the course of our investigation it turned out that this character had been lying low , wanted by Bristol CID on fraud charges . ’ |
| 5 | You might say that this thing had been brewing up for a long time , that the threat was there ; they had n't seen it . |
| 6 | The anger was there , the bitterness of betrayal , the sickness that came with the understanding that another man had been caressing his wife 's nakedness . |
| 7 | If one of this teamleader 's clients said that another dealer had been trying to sell him stock , he would bellow : " What 's his name ? " |
| 8 | Spraying conventional crops with fungicides costs US$750 a hectare a year and is a hazard to the health of plantation workers and the environment ; there is also evidence that black sigatoka had been becoming resistant to the chemicals . |
| 9 | Yet section 2.3 also pointed out that geographical inequality had been increasing again , especially since the late 1970s . |
| 10 | Agence France-Presse ( AFP ) on March 18 cited reports that Sudanese troops had been gathering , in preparation for an attack on the rebels in Sudan , at the town of Gambella , on the Ethiopian side of the border . |
| 11 | There is a story that two painters had been drinking until dawn and , on hearing the news of the occupation on the radio , went out and found themselves an inspector of police . |
| 12 | Certainly Terry , Brian and I knew that close friends had been campaigning for us and that that experience could have changed them , just as we 'd been changed by what we had gone through . |
| 13 | Volvo confirmed recently that both companies had been holding ‘ discussions ’ over possible joint ventures in the European motor market . |