Example sentences of "that they had [adv] been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The defendants admitted that they had both been drinking heavily on the night of the offences . |
| 2 | However months later he was able to start talking about his wife and the fact that they had not been getting on for some time and had begun divorce proceedings . |
| 3 | It was obvious from the way the staring eyes blinked , both Pairs together , that they had not been expecting an answer . |
| 4 | Can you imagine the effect on a monthly medal field if the members dropped out on the basis that they had not been playing well and they felt they were unable to stand the pressure ? |
| 5 | It should be added here that the high clergy hardly recognized that they had actually been exercising a political religious power of a specifically sectarian or monopolistic type . |
| 6 | I felt betrayed ; I had never thought of all my friends noticing my weight , and that they had all been thinking of me as a fat person . |