Example sentences of "said that [noun] had been [v-ing] " in BNC.

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1 He said that Dodman had been suffering from a mental illness which could have affected his behaviour .
2 He said that Dodman had been suffering from a mental illness which could have affected his behaviour and asked that Dodman be sent for psychiatric help .
3 Another man said that Portadown had been expecting something like this after the recent attacks in Lurgan .
4 Western reports said that troops had been massing in the region since December 1990 .
5 Lita Dowell , prosecuting , said that Thomas had been having an affair with Mrs Dean for four months before the attack in August .
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