Example sentences of "he [vb past] been [v-ing] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He also told police he 'd been copying a homosexual video tape . |
| 2 | Clearly he 'd been having a bad time of it . |
| 3 | He had been expecting a great difference , but not the extent of the hostility that had greeted him and the reality of a giant Worm wielding enormous electrical energy . |
| 4 | He had been using a great deal of unnecessary and inappropriate tension when reciting . |
| 5 | Only then did he fully realize that he had been experiencing a mild dull pressure in the head , as well as the nausea , physical and mental fatigue . |
| 6 | He had been serving a 20-year term in Nicosia 's central prison . |
| 7 | He had been wearing a blue sweatshirt over his T-shirt , which he had taken off after the pub fight broke out . |
| 8 | Prior to his death , he had been planning a full-scale war with Scotland , calling upon his subjects to raise the revenues for the undertaking . |
| 9 | All this time he had been keeping a reserve force waiting in the library . |
| 10 | He had been keeping a wary eye on Jacques Devraux while he made another laborious copy of the revolutionary tract and he stopped writing to watch the Frenchman walk back to his own quarters . |
| 11 | By lunchtime Wexford and Burden had interviewed all those members of the darts club that had been present at Jack Pertwee 's stag party with the exception of Maurice Cullam , but none of them had been able to do more than confirm that Hatton had been aggressive , vain and malicious and that he had been carrying a great deal of money . |
| 12 | He had been carrying a small bag , which he dumped on the table , and she looked at it in disbelief . |
| 13 | Later he confessed to me that he had been feeling a certain unease in the region of the colon ; when I asked him why on earth he had n't told me , he answered , ‘ I 'd never discuss my plumbing with ladies ! ’ |
| 14 | Harry turned back to Sam , with whom he had been having a private conversation on a quite different subject . |
| 15 | When he turned it was obvious from his face that he had been having a long tussle with himself . |
| 16 | Since he had been going with her he had been having a great time . |
| 17 | At one minute it seemed that he had been having a fine old dream about Humans and banquets and the Frost Giantess frying on a spit . |
| 18 | It was as if he had been running a high temperature or tripped out of his head on acid . |