Example sentences of "that they had been [v-ing] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However they also felt that they had been expecting most children to write in sentences at too early an age . |
| 2 | The Prussian banks found that they had been lending increasing amounts to the Junkers to maintain a lifestyle rather than to finance the modernisation of facilities and improve agricultural methods . |
| 3 | Yes sir he told me that er would know because they ha had been together in prison and that he also had information that they had been planning armed robberies together . |
| 4 | They acknowledged only that they had been playing loud music and having innocent fun . |
| 5 | In a recent South African trial resulting from a rail accident , the drivers concerned denied responsibility on the grounds that they had been working compulsory 18-hour shifts . |