Example sentences of "[coord] we had been [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remembered being in the weight-training room with two club-mates , Trevor Wade and Clifford Mamba , a few weeks earlier and we had been discussing sprinting . |
| 2 | I had invited everyone I could think of to tea , and we had been invited back , but it was not her style , and when she complained that it was not right for her ‘ to be living among all these old people ’ I understood very well what she meant . |
| 3 | The police began to search for various people but our security system was very good and we had been warned about what was happening . |
| 4 | The 135 hp engine was used to operating on 80 octane fuel but we had been using 130 octane avgas . |
| 5 | Luckily , our ship was not badly damaged , but we had been driven over two thousand kilometres to the east . |
| 6 | ‘ We were confident we had the quality to beat our rivals but we had been held back by the exchange rates , ’ said , sales manager plastic compounds . |