Example sentences of "had been [v-ing] [noun pl] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yesterday Mike O'Connor , a Stockton builder who briefly worked with Mr Round early last year , said he had ended their association after learning that his partner had been bouncing cheques to suppliers . |
| 2 | Yesterday Mike O'Connor , a Stockton builder who briefly worked with Mr Round early last year , said he had ended their association after learning that his partner had been bouncing cheques to suppliers . |
| 3 | Even Yoko Ono ( noticeably absent from Gravity and Grace , who had been installing contraceptives on plinths and wrapping chairs in London in the 1960s , repeated a 1962 happening in Kynaston McShine 's Information exhibition at MOMA in 1970 : ‘ Draw an imaginary map … |
| 4 | Meantime , the Parents ' Action Committee had been writing letters to Councillors as well . |
| 5 | Although he had been writing letters for months he was still only a quarter of the way through the names beginning with ‘ A , . |
| 6 | For several months he had been finding rings of stones , surrounding a large boulder which was often topped with melted wax . |
| 7 | Just previous to our visit to this latter small harbour a well known German smuggling vessel had been coopering off the coast and local boats had been landing cases of spirits . |
| 8 | To the end — or at least to his testimony in Poindexter 's trial , in 1990 — Reagan maintained he did not believe that he had been trading arms for hostages . |