Example sentences of "that his [noun] had been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He sat on a huge leather chair with a sigh of relief and it was clear to Hari that his leg had been giving him trouble . |
| 2 | Due to the fact that his marriage had been heading for the rocks ? |
| 3 | He knew , too , that his head had been aching and that his mind was capable of playing tricks upon him . |
| 4 | He told officers that his friend had been looking for Carol in Bristol on the Friday before she died . |
| 5 | Her husband , who was carrying her clubs and who , in golfing terms , is very much of the conservative half of the partnership , had refrained from protesting , presumably on the grounds that his wife had been playing well and was ‘ up ’ for the shot . |
| 6 | She had that envelope out again , the one that his Dad had been looking at last night . |
| 7 | He guessed at once that his son had been talking to Yuan , and even though the casual disclosure of information had been prearranged , he regretted the unavoidability of the confrontation which was about to occur . |
| 8 | Although he was chary of broaching the subject of a full-time shepherd , when he did so , he found that his father had been giving some thought to the matter . |
| 9 | Damn him if she would explain that the young man to whom he 'd referred had merely been a fellow Briton attending a conference on international computing , that they 'd exchanged nothing more than a few polite comments natural to fellow compatriots abroad , and that his arm had been lying across the back of the bench seats and not round her shoulders . |
| 10 | Yesterday Mike O'Connor , a Stockton builder who briefly worked with Mr Round early last year , said he had ended their association after learning that his partner had been bouncing cheques to suppliers . |
| 11 | Yesterday Mike O'Connor , a Stockton builder who briefly worked with Mr Round early last year , said he had ended their association after learning that his partner had been bouncing cheques to suppliers . |
| 12 | When the young man was twenty he discovered that his mother had been boasting about how wonderful he was to all her friends . |