Example sentences of "she had [adv] [been] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All she knew was that she was turning into McAllister again , Dr Neil 's pert and lively maid , and that this was the haven which she had unconsciously been seeking in the months since Havvie Blaine had assaulted her . |
| 2 | What decided her in the end was that the new job specification covered much of the work she had already been doing at Stoy 's for C&R and she was loth to let it go . |
| 3 | She knew all that and , more , she had actually been passing at the time . |
| 4 | She had apparently been travelling to Godstowe and must therefore have been expected . |
| 5 | She had still been smarting from her unjust dismissal for ‘ over-familiarity with the management ’ at Ardis & Co , when she had wasted no time in squashing two men in particular at Vasey 's who had shown more interest in her than in their work . |
| 6 | To talk to them , you would think she had still been playing with toys . |
| 7 | And then , of course , six years ago she had still been reeling from the shock of Tony 's death . |