Example sentences of "she had be [v-ing] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Constance had lost Ludo — something she had been dreading on the journey up from Florence — but she was not alarmed . |
| 2 | She had been sleeping on the same step for three nights . |
| 3 | She had been standing on the pavement , holding some silly banner — ‘ EDUCATION CUTS ARE NOT COMIC ’ , or something like that — talking and laughing excitedly with a big-bosomed woman stuffed into a scarlet ski-suit and pink moon boots , and he remembered thinking to himself : so it 's finally happened — designer industrial action . |
| 4 | She had been standing on the bank above him with her booted feet apart , her hands jammed into the pockets of her tight-fitting breeches , and for a fleeting instant he looked at her appraisingly as he had done at the reception . |
| 5 | She had been sitting on the shingle staring out to sea , her arms clasped round her knees , Timmy lying asleep on the small rug beside her . |
| 6 | She had been sitting on the edge of the bed , and now she leaned forward to take the other woman 's hand again . |