Example sentences of "had [been] [v-ing] [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The party had been roping down a hanging glacier . |
| 2 | He said , ‘ Do have a look at the price of some of the things in here , there 's even a knitting machine ’ and there for all to see was an Erka Twinbed Knitting Machine with carrying case and stand for 45 guineas , the very thing Grace Worrell had been asking about in the letter I had been reading only a few seconds before . |
| 3 | During the time that Ted and Jim were working on the engine , our chief researcher Bill Welbourne had been finding out a few details about the aircraft . |
| 4 | There were beds available for those with particular problems , such as those who had been injecting over a long period . |
| 5 | Till now , Ken Livingstone had been putting up a good show , joking about John Smith serving as his deputy and arguing for defence cuts to pay for benefits rather than tax increases . |
| 6 | The Daughters of the American Revolution had been racking up a heavy rep in the past few months . |