Example sentences of "they had been [v-ing] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had been drinking for the best part of an hour but none were drunk . |
| 2 | You may lose some credibility with the clientele if you demolish him or her with a blitzkrieg attack only to find later that they had been looking for the nearest toilet ! |
| 3 | Other European countries said that the new British Government would be positive and co-operative and would put forward proposals for bringing about the completion of the European Community , for which they had been working for the past 40 years . |
| 4 | Or so he seemed to Sairellen Thackray who preferred her leaders to have the mature dignity of a Richard Oastler , whom she had followed on foot those ninety miles to York and back when they had been campaigning for the ten hour working day . |
| 5 | Afterwards , he felt it had been as if each of them had been waiting for the other to touch on a delicate subject . |