Example sentences of "had [be] [v-ing] [prep] [noun] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then Duncan 's son Malcolm , who had been sheltering in England all this time , joined forces with the Earl of Northumbria and , with Edward the Confessor 's approval , invaded Scotland in 1057 . |
| 2 | Lukic looked a lot better by the end of the night , plucking out a few high balls as happily as Seaman had been doing for Arse all night . |
| 3 | I found him in the Grange garden , where he had been waiting for news all night . |
| 4 | Certain British officers had been friendly with Saw , while Military Intelligence had been indicating since May that Saw was planning to seize power . |
| 5 | The eight-year-old Ian had been talking in class all through a painting lesson . |
| 6 | She had been fleeing from winter all of her life . |
| 7 | It had been pouring with rain all day , and half the yard was a quagmire . |