Example sentences of "she had been [v-ing] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This point was developed in Traynor v Donovan [ 1978 ] CLY 2612 , where the court refused to make any reduction because the plaintiff 's injuries would have been just as severe , but of a different nature , if she had been wearing a seat belt . |
| 2 | Her main interest was in the time course of memory formation , and she had been using a variety of drugs , including agents which disrupt entry of ions such as potassium into the cell , and also protein synthesis inhibitors , to dissect out a series of phases , which she described as short- , intermediate- and long-term memory . |
| 3 | I asked what she had been knitting in Pattern A before and she recalled that she had been using a pattern where she had used the ‘ enlarge ’ and had asked it to start on R8 . |
| 4 | She had been thinking a lot about the conversation she and Leila had had back at Lazar 's , the talk of sky cities and escape . |
| 5 | 19 October 1799 ; off the southern tip of the Isle of Weight she had been escorting a convoy of merchant ships through the English Channel until , in comparative safety , the convoy dispersed to their destinations . |
| 6 | She had been reading a lot of self-help books and this was her conclusion . |
| 7 | She had been expecting a visit from Rick Lawrence ; if Lou 's predictions were correct she would have changed from her working clothes into something more alluring and put on fresh make-up and perfume to receive him . |
| 8 | She had been expecting a lift which failed to materialise , defending solicitor Mark Blundell told the court . |
| 9 | All their married life she had been living a lie . |
| 10 | It was as if she had been playing a part with all her might for several months , but it had sapped her energy . |
| 11 | ‘ She had been making a noise last season and was Hobdayed during the winter . |
| 12 | She had been making a cup of coffee and was leaning over a lit ring on the gas cooker to put the kettle on . |
| 13 | It was as if she had been having a nightmare — terrible , perhaps , but still only a dream in which the money could vanish like fairy gold — and woken up to find it was true . |
| 14 | She had been following a trail Minter had turned his back on , but Harry had the photographs to keep him on course . |