Example sentences of "had been [v-ing] [prep] him for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had not seen her nearest ‘ big house ’ neighbour , though she had been hearing about him for some time . |
| 2 | In October , Hopper married Michelle Phillips who had been living with him for some months . |
| 3 | Then Riven asked the question that had been gnawing at him for the last day : ‘ What about Murtach ? ’ |
| 4 | It was as if she had been waiting for him for all these years . |
| 5 | Mr Davidson 's father , Robert Snr , said Mrs Holmes had been working for him for the last eight years . |
| 6 | And we and then we had been working for him for about ten or eleven years on this contract that he had for us . |
| 7 | Aware that she had been staring at him for rather a long time , she blinked and asked hastily , ‘ Did you sort out your business ? ’ |
| 8 | The rain had been beating on him for hours , on him and his comrades , not only here but wherever they had been when they met their deaths ; their clothes , their very hair , had a flattened , dead look . |