Example sentences of "had been [v-ing] [adv] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had been listening slightly spellbound to this smooth recital , and now she said , ‘ How far can you go ? ’ |
| 2 | they said they had been bringing in one of their nets , which had seemed very heavy . |
| 3 | The magazine had been consuming too much of his time even though , ideally , he ought to have been devoting more to it . |
| 4 | He had declined an invitation to dinner , as the stabbing pains in his head had been getting steadily worse throughout the day . |
| 5 | Basically er the broad overall description would be to compensate for the conditions that the tenants had been living in prior to the move . |
| 6 | Like most defectors , Lyalin was suffering from delusions of grandeur and it was hard to judge whether he had been reading too much of Pincher 's material or books by Le Queux dating from the turn of the century . |
| 7 | By 1951 the Art Galleries had been doing just that for 50 years . |
| 8 | Arnold , who had been growing increasingly restive under Marie 's close supervision , transferred willingly to the Brasserie , but Olive and the other waitresses refused to leave Chelmslow . |
| 9 | One minister of the Church of Scotland in Orkney had been growing increasingly concerned about the growth of extremism in religion . |
| 10 | Barbara had been standing very close to him , and he had been conscious of the nearness of her left breast and the faint smell of perfume mixed not unpleasantly with sweat . |
| 11 | ‘ So it does n't matter if I say no , ’ I said with some relief , for I had been feeling somewhat guilty at risking Thessy 's chances of making some money . |
| 12 | There , she had been feeling chaotically confused by her mounting enjoyment of the outing , but fatally seduced by Roman 's excellent company , and the warmth and luxury and sheer hedonism of it all . |
| 13 | Since Kirsty had been feeling quite confident before the operation and yet that feeling had disappeared immediately after surgery , it seemed that something must have taken place in the theatre itself . |
| 14 | Wallace , who had been playing up front with McClair to no devastating effect , moved out to his usual position on the left wing , with similar results . |
| 15 | ‘ And Steve had been playing so good at that point in his life . |