Example sentences of "said [pron] had [be] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Hepburn said she had been living with her husband at the time of the alleged crimes but was now in the process of divorcing him . |
| 2 | Margo Hawes , of Horsforth , said she had been coming to the ballet for years . |
| 3 | He said there had been fighting between Croat and Muslim militiamen around the town . |
| 4 | Lt Col Stewart said there had been fighting between Croat and Muslim militiamen around the town . |
| 5 | Mr Siddle , of Hesleden Avenue , Acklam , Middlesbrough , said they had been working on the operation the previous day and the pipe kept jamming when attempts were made to slot it into place . |
| 6 | A site has yet to be secured — although the Mountain View , California-based company said it had been working on the plans for some 18 months — and a choice will be announced within 60 days , according to Sun 's chief financial officer , Kevin Melia . |
| 7 | Buckby , who is also secretary of the Langbaurgh Schools Cross Country Association , said he had been trying for nearly ten years to have the rule changed . |
| 8 | He said he had been living with his parents in Fazakerley , and had been sub-letting the flat to another man . |
| 9 | Douglas Gray of Middleton in Teesdale said he had been complaining for over two years about undelivered letters and hit out at the ‘ uncaring attitude ’ of the Post Office in Darlington . |
| 10 | Mr Justice Johnson , who jailed the 37year-old Marquess for failing to pay £10,534 to his estranged wife Becky , said he had been acting in excess of his powers when he imposed the sentence . |
| 11 | Kasparov said he had been negotiating with the FIDE president , Florencio Campomanes , for several days to try to persuade him to transfer the federation 's rights to stage the championship to the PCA and make Manchester a ‘ transitionary ’ match . |
| 12 | My dinner companions were two Swiss nurses doing a world tour , and Roger Rasmussen , a pensioner front Queensland who said he had been travelling by train for 16 days non-stop . |
| 13 | Local people said he had been working on the site for two years and was very popular with them . |