Example sentences of "[coord] it had been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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1 | And it had been going , you see me stomach as well . |
2 | It 's over 220 yards , of course , and it had been playing long all week . |
3 | But it had been raining and the surface of the yard had been washed clear of any traces . |
4 | She would phone the police and they would go out of their way to search her garden and reassure her of their vigilance , but it had been going on for years . |
5 | He discovered that two Spitfires from 602 Squadron had actually met the ME110 head on — quite fortuitously — but it had been going so fast they had lost it by the time they 'd turned around . |