Example sentences of "had been [v-ing] [adj] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was again as if she had been struck , her hands barely moving along the surface of the dresser she had been wiping clean of dust , her head going low , and when she finished she went to put the damp cloth carefully beside the sink , moving a simmering saucepan from the hotplate . |
| 2 | And since her birthday , she had been seeing more of Dionne than she had for years . |
| 3 | Besides , he could just imagine Cashman 's fury if he discovered that Cindy had been staying unchaperoned with Matthew . |
| 4 | Gosse had been watching all in silence , his jaw clenched , his neck muscles taut . |
| 5 | The Sons had been running short of funds . |
| 6 | By the time they met , Leonard was indeed pushing hard at the doors of his own individuality — in one sense he had been doing that for years . |
| 7 | Subjects of the King of England had been doing this in Ireland ever since Strongbow 's invasion in 1169 . |
| 8 | I heard myself saying the line that had been waiting ready for months : ‘ I think the time has come when you must go in . ’ |
| 9 | It had been lying empty for months , he said . |
| 10 | Rory , who had been sitting next to Jessica on a large warm stone , stood reluctantly . |
| 11 | Middle-aged , plump and perspiring , the garrulous American couple who were ‘ doing Europe ’ had been sitting next to Luce on the flight from London . |
| 12 | Together with Toby Freely , the fresh-faced young man who had been sitting next to Tom Tedder , she brought up , modestly , the rear of the exodus . |
| 13 | Rovers had been feeling better on Monday , November 1 , when the F.A . |
| 14 | It transpired that he had been sleeping rough for weeks and that his last known address was a Salvation Army hostel 100 miles away . |