Example sentences of "had be [v-ing] [prep] [noun prp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I came to the Riding in 1960 I had been teaching in Leeds for five fairly empty years . |
| 2 | As Lou 's story progressed , however , it emerged that she had been living with Rick for several months and had high hopes of becoming engaged to him herself . |
| 3 | He was overlooking the fact that I had been living with Jean-Claude for more than three years . |
| 4 | They had been living at Riverstown for two months before the first invitation came . |
| 5 | The Cossarts were Huguenots but had been living in Ireland for many years . |
| 6 | When the greetings and exclamations were over , they told me that they had been staying on Mull for a few days , and had just arrived on Moila , and were putting up at the post office with Mrs McDougall . |
| 7 | A couple of scientists had been working on Edgeøya for most of the summer , and this young bear had appeared near the old trapper 's hut they were staying in ( which was near the beach where we had landed ) . |
| 8 | In 1911 Wren had been working in India for less than eight years . |
| 9 | Luck had been on Cassie 's side up until now , for Stephanie had been working in Germany for the past few weeks and this circumstance had removed the necessity of proffering an invitation ; with , of course , the desirable Martin in attendance . |
| 10 | This brother had been working in Derby for some considerable time . |
| 11 | Further south , the coastal merchants of west Africa had been trading with Europe for several centuries . |
| 12 | She was born in Smyrna , a member of a British family who had been trading in Turkey for over 130 years . |