Example sentences of "that had been [v-ing] [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1	She heard the incredulity in his voice and it fuelled the small truth that had been niggling at her , unacknowledged , all day .
2	Luke was in command and this time instinct told Robyn there would be no withdrawal , no respite from his sexual onslaught , from the tension that had been building between them since the very first moment .
3	I felt this was a chance for me to put to rest one way or another this thing that had been nagging at me for such a long time . ’
4	He sang a few bars of it in a lusty baritone that filled the darkness , and oddly enough dispelled some of the tension that had been growing in her .
5	There was a throbbing urgency developing in the way they touched , a desperation in their kisses ; the yearning for fulfilment that had been growing in her since this man had first taken her was now a scream deep inside her , aching for him , crying for him , sobbing for him .
6	The dawn ride alone with Jacques Devraux through the breathtaking natural beauty of the tropical forest had first heightened the pleasurable feeling of pent-up excitement that had been growing within her in recent days , then eventually left her feeling tense and on edge .
7	Then Riven asked the question that had been gnawing at him for the last day : ‘ What about Murtach ? ’
8	There was a great fear of the fickleness of audiences , an anxiety that the craze would die and that in particular movies would lose their fascination for precisely those sections of society that had been going to them longest .
9	I had kept all the abuse that had been happening to me very much to myself — it seemed to me that I must have been very bad .
10	The flame that had been burning inside her since their first kiss burst suddenly into flame .
11	With an effort , Miles shook off the lethargy that had been creeping over him since Paula 's death , blinding him to his duties and responsibilities .

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