Example sentences of "had been [v-ing] [adv] in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of the players , as we have seen , had been wandering already in a nether world of two-dimensional heroes , villains , adventurers and fall-guys . |
| 2 | He mumbled that he was still in a state of shock and had been walking around in a dream all day . |
| 3 | I 'd like to ask the convenor erm how would he have er replied to a young woman who came to me fairly recently whose husband had just left home by mutual agreement , and for the sake of their children and er she said to me after he had gone er that the home was a much happier place now that there was , they had been freed from the tension that they had been going through in a very difficult time . |
| 4 | Two evenings back Pete had found his front door open to the darkness , and the porch light on ; rain had been falling outside in a continuous silver curtain and in the sheltered area at the top of the steps , Alina 's shoes had lain discarded . |
| 5 | They were three US citizens and one Australian who had been travelling together in a car , and one UK citizen who had been taken off a bus . |