Example sentences of "had been [verb] [prep] [det] other " in BNC.
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| 1 | In each case the siblings concerned had been separated from each other when they were babies . |
| 2 | It seemed incredible to Tug that only five minutes before he had been calling her Ma and they had been grinning at each other . |
| 3 | In 1907 Picasso and Braque had been living near each other in Montmartre for some time , and after 1908 began meeting daily to talk , visit the galleries and museums , and to examine each other 's work . |
| 4 | The two cousins had been writing to each other in secret for several weeks , and Cathy had used the milkman as a messenger . |
| 5 | Mr Campbell said that during the first incident , when Mr Friel and the two younger accused had been shouting at each other in the shopping centre , the lawyer had struck the 15-year-old on the face with the dog leash . |
| 6 | It took me a lot more years , and even more boyfriends , to cotton on , by which time most of the occupants of the back rows had been married to each other for years and were on their second spin dryer . |
| 7 | When he did not return for quite a while , she guessed they had been talking to each other about her . |