Example sentences of "we had [adv] been [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we had simply been moving to another site we would just roll everything up and take it with us . |
| 2 | At the time , we had also been commissioned by a Hess sheep owner to take a party of shepherds and dogs to North Rona , where we hoped to cull the resident sheep flock , selecting a number for sale in Stornoway . |
| 3 | Yes , we had both been searching for years for a place like this , well away from urban life with some land and outbuildings . |
| 4 | My friend , however , was adamant that we had both been abused in some way , though not sexually , which was my understanding of abuse . |
| 5 | But after a week or two it became evident that the various bridgeheads were being held and advances being made ( at what cost we did not then know , but could only guess at ) , and that this was in fact the big event we had all been waiting for . |