Example sentences of "they had been [v-ing] in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The former concept had a crucial historical advantage at the birth of mechanics ; Western thinkers approaching things as materials which stay put until the craftsman or builder reaches for them , would not have started trying to measure how the inert is moved by external forces if they had been thinking in terms of inherently active ch'i . |
| 2 | They had been living in Athens , and bringing out a magazine , Residue . |
| 3 | They had been talking in Spanish . |
| 4 | He had been sending in listings , even reports , on the gigs they had been running in Birmingham . |
| 5 | In the first year of the new tour , Len Owen , then tournament director for the Benson and Hedges tournament at Wembley , revealed that they were expecting to have to pay $500,000 in appearance money , in addition to the same amount they had been offering in prize money when they were a protected event . |