Example sentences of "had been [v-ing] through a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a coincidence that the previous weekend I had been sorting through an old trunk of mine full of memorabilia at my parents ' home , and came across my membership certificate for the Tailwaggers Club , along with Tailwagger medallion . |
| 2 | Quite apart from the impending expansion and modernisation of our fleet , we had been going through a difficult period in the prevailing political climate at HQ . |
| 3 | His wife Ann-Marie Turnpenny , of Sheerwater Avenue , Darlington , said their marriage had been going through a difficult period . |
| 4 | The event had been going through a lean period and had degenerated into a glorified booze-up , but there were some who were interested in keeping it alive and they got together to decide if they were going to let it go or make an effort to put it on its feet again . |
| 5 | Derry City 's new boy conceded Roy Coyle 's side had been going through a lean period but he said the lads would bounce back . |