Example sentences of "[noun prp] had been [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had struck her that perhaps that was where Jake had been going that night he 'd called her from Heathrow Airport — on a secret brief honeymoon with Janice after a quick , quiet register office wedding . |
| 2 | ‘ NatWest had been told that merchant banking was a good idea , but I do n't think they thought much beyond that , with the result that we could plough our own furrow , ’ he says . |
| 3 | Pike was pointing to the grass near to where Mr Marr had been sitting that night . |
| 4 | In actual fact , Fabia had been wondering that selfsame thing herself . |
| 5 | Earl Grey was so English , so sedate , and maybe Ilsa had been living that way for fifty years . |