Example sentences of "had [adv] been [verb] on [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had all been going on for years , Chertro said , and apparently earlier technicians had been doing the same for a long time before . |
| 2 | These steps into a wider world were part of a great process of expansion by western Europe that had already been going on for decades . |
| 3 | Army bomb disposal experts arrived at Dorton late this afternoon to join the search of the trackside that had already been going on for four and a half hours . |
| 4 | My head was throbbing and the shoulder was beginning to ache from the kicking , which had probably been going on for some time before I came round . |
| 5 | A devolution of power had also been going on at home and all our policy must take account of it . |
| 6 | Names of infant Mulverins had recently been scratched on to the wall . |
| 7 | In addition , two colleagues in naval intelligence had recently been taken on by ICI to be trained as work study officers , and spoke enthusiastically to me of how they were treated by the company . |
| 8 | Winter and the new Food and Beverage manager had considered that the best applicant was a female graduate with a proven record and innovative ideas , but there was opposition from the Head Chef and the rest of the ‘ old guard ’ , who contacted the previous owner : he in turn had spoken to David Edwards , who had rung Winter and suggested ‘ cooling it ’ ( the disappointed applicant had subsequently been taken on by Duchy 's expanding Hotels Division ) . |