Example sentences of "had [be] [v-ing] for the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet it was just here that friction and innovation entered , for since the eleventh century church theorists — theologians and particularly canon lawyers — and successive popes had been claiming for the clergy immunities and privileges quite distinct from lay expectations . |
| 2 | He had been working for the Cyrenians at an annex to the Simon House Hostel for the Homeless in Rectory Road Oxford . |
| 3 | But the Cossacks had been fighting for the Germans and the British Army 's main concern in Austria in May 1945 was to comply with the Yalta agreement ordering repatriation so that the Russians would honour a promise to return British prisoners of war . |
| 4 | Due to the fact that his marriage had been heading for the rocks ? |
| 5 | As an amateur jockey Pip has had eight National hunt wins this season and had been challenging for the Ladies Championship . |