Example sentences of "[vb past] she had been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some odd way he was not a stranger because his name was painfully familiar and she imagined she had been expecting this angry arrival since her accident — that must be the cause of this feeling that was swimming through her . |
| 2 | She sat up and rubbed her eyes , colouring furiously as she realised she had been using Roman 's shoulder for a head-rest . |
| 3 | Her broken optic shifted painfully , and she realized she had been seeing out of her empty left eyesocket . |
| 4 | She claimed she had been having a passionate affair with Mary Jo 's husband Joey , 36 . |
| 5 | The sergeant saw her eyes were dim with sadness and he guessed she had been thinking about her former husband . |
| 6 | This reminds me of the story about the old lady who boasted she had been wearing the same pair of stockings for twenty years — one year she knitted new feet on them and the next new legs ! |
| 7 | Jobless Mohammed Aylaus , of Surbiton , Surrey , nabbed after The People handed evidence to police , threatened to shoot a prostitute and her children when he discovered she had been witholding money from him , Reading Crown Court was told . |
| 8 | When I asked why this was so she explained that since her husband died she had been managing well and felt that she had coped with all the trauma . |
| 9 | He knew she had been exercising what stealth she was capable of , and he knew why , but that was purely between the two of them . |
| 10 | ‘ Leith Everett , ’ she stated down the phone , and soon knew she had been living in a fool 's paradise these last few hours . |
| 11 | It was a decision that she knew she had been putting off for far too long . |
| 12 | Lindsey knew she had been fooling herself in thinking she could remain indifferent . |
| 13 | Mrs Taylor said she had been urging the Government for months to make public a report by Mr Ponsford confirming the morale problems . |
| 14 | Tracey Hall of Style Academy said she had been seeing more males looking for jobs . |
| 15 | Mr Wildish said she had been chatting cheerfully and was full of beans and looking forward to going home . |
| 16 | Mrs Hepburn said she had been living with her husband at the time of the alleged crimes but was now in the process of divorcing him . |
| 17 | Margo Hawes , of Horsforth , said she had been coming to the ballet for years . |
| 18 | Robyn took a sip and wished she had been listening from the beginning . |