Example sentences of "i had been [v-ing] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I decided to go back to the village , to thank him for all his help , and to carry out a plan I had been considering for some time . |
| 2 | By the time I was twelve years old I had been thinking for some time about getting a bird of my own . |
| 3 | My flight path ended on a small ledge , my hands still grasping Olympus camera which I had been cradling for all my worth , regardless of the blows striking my body from every angle . |
| 4 | In late August I was finishing my day at the heart clinic , where I had been working for several months , when I decided that it was time to go . |
| 5 | I had been working for more than an hour and my wrists ached from the continuous chopping , but I was filled with an immense exhilaration . |