Example sentences of "the [noun pl] had [been] [v-ing] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Six of the escapers had been facing death sentences . |
| 2 | The Revolution had taken place , the Revolutioners had been singing songs , and one of the people present at this dinner , this banquet , said , what we need is something different , something new , we need a new war song . |
| 3 | The conurbations had been losing population relative to the smaller ‘ free-standing ’ cities , and almost al the ‘ cores ’ of the metropolitan areas had experienced absolute or relative population shifts to their metropolitan rings . |
| 4 | Unconfirmed local sources claimed that the rebels had been using tourist convoys to transport weapons from Algeria . |
| 5 | The Palestinians had been firing Katyusha rockets into Galilee , the missiles landing not far from the Israeli village of Ben Ami where Mrs Zamzam 's Arab village of Um Al-Farajh had once stood . |
| 6 | The naturalists had been studying plants on the island of Steep Holme off Weston-super-Mare when conditions deteriorated and their boat developed engine trouble . |
| 7 | Some of the men had been collecting driftwood and dry sticks and branches from among the trees ; a small fire was coming to life , crackling and spluttering sparks into the haze of heat above it . |
| 8 | Obviously the police had been making enquiries about the Sally Nash case . |
| 9 | The children had been watching TV and the noise had drowned out the sound of the fire raging downstairs . |
| 10 | ‘ The teacher was not highly qualified but very much alive and specially trained in English medium teaching at Kagumo Training College nearby ; the children had been learning English for six months . |
| 11 | Lord Justice Waller said he was ‘ quite satisfied that the Judge had ample grounds to make him sure that the appellants had been telling lies ’ . |
| 12 | The co-ordinating committee reported that students participating in the strikes had been receiving death threats . |
| 13 | The gunmen had been demanding $6 million and changes in the Nicaraguan government . |