Example sentences of "that had been [verb] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The softly spoken threat cut through the haze fogging her brain and she sat bolt upright , knocking away the hand that had been caressing her into submission almost without her realising it . |
| 2 | The expression that had been haunting her for nearly two days . |
| 3 | As he glanced up at her , his eyes shuttered , she found herself asking another question that had been puzzling her for a while . |
| 4 | By the time they had run the half-mile back to their barracks the tiger that had been stalking them in the penumbra had emerged from his cover . |
| 5 | It was the question that had been tormenting her from the very moment she had seen him enter the room . |
| 6 | Overwhelmed by not having noticed this earlier , by his failure of politeness , observation and helpfulness , all that had been taught him from boyhood up , Richard proceeded at the double onto the Embankment , to escort her on to Lord Jim . |
| 7 | Busily he scribbled in a scratchy copperplate hand that had been taught him by a schoolmistress from the hills of Brecon his thoughts and directives in the margins of the typed sheets . |
| 8 | Last night , she had taken one of the wolfdogs that had been following her for weeks . |
| 9 | That was it until handover on Monday , which she hoped would be enough time to shake off the cold that had been dogging her for the last couple of days . |
| 10 | Later , on their way home , Katherine suddenly realized what it was that had been troubling her throughout the evening . |