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 .
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