Example sentences of "[vb past] been [v-ing] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had n't said he was going away and renting his house , which was odd because they 'd been chatting in the village not two days before he 'd disappeared and Leo taken up residence . |
| 2 | It was as if she 'd been calling on a dead line to an empty building . |
| 3 | I 'd been thinking for a long time that I 'd welcome the chance to talk with a psychiatrist , although not about captivity — I felt I 'd worked my way through that enough — but about my past and how I came to be the person I was when I was taken hostage . |
| 4 | She 'd sided with my parents a couple of years before when I 'd been thinking of a career as an artist , and they were opposed to that … |
| 5 | It ran beside a broad , shaded boulevard of feathery pepper trees , and the sudden sight of European-style buildings made him reflect that the jungles , fields and villages through which they 'd been moving for the past few hours had remained unchanging throughout many centuries . |
| 6 | They 'd been strolling through the individual gardens within the whole for more than two hours , while Rune told her about the traditions of the gardens and how , despite attempts at imitation , they remained unique in Europe — if not the world — before they reached the area set aside for the funfair and he suggested she might like a ride on some of the attractions . |
| 7 | She apologised , over the phone , the next day ; she 'd been hiding under the bedclothes , playing her favourite David Bowie cassette at maximum volume on her Sony Walkman , trying to drown the noise of the thunder . |
| 8 | He 'd been hiding in a woodland graveyard , only half-heartedly concealed behind one of the leaning roofed crosses . |
| 9 | Even when she 'd been helping in the kitchen she 'd found her eyes straying , as if magnetised , in his direction . |
| 10 | ‘ Before I burst through that door , I 'd been listening at the window — I distinctly recall that he was refusing to say anything really damning . |
| 11 | It was the Russians they 'd been listening to the whole lot . |
| 12 | A few moments later , acquitted defendant Daniel Winter , who 'd been listening to the closing speeches , ran from the building . |
| 13 | and Peter came in the morning , I never thought anything I 'd been listening to the radio , I heard there was a big accident on the road , a car accident |
| 14 | He 'd been staying at a bail hostel in Gloucester whilst waiting for the case to come to court . |
| 15 | If she 'd been staying on the boat for any length of time it would have been necessary to find somewhere to go for a shower or a bath , but it did n't look as if that particular problem would arise . |
| 16 | At the official press conference today , Brian Horton said he 'd been looking at the young twenty-one year old for quite a while . |
| 17 | And he would ask a few questions , say he 'd been looking for a few hours . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'd been looking for a fairly young product which had a range of merchandise to allow a shop to stand on its own two feet . |
| 19 | If we 'd been looking for an easy acquaintance with nature , we would have chosen a different landscape : something lusher and more intricate , not this bleak and famished hillside on the Atlantic 's edge . |
| 20 | Equally the use of ebony seemed a good choice ; I 'd been looking for an excuse to make something in ebony for ages , anyway ! |
| 21 | After all , he 'd been ferreting in the records for a good while . ’ |
| 22 | I did n't need a pee because I 'd been pissing on the Poles during the day , infecting them with my scent and power . |
| 23 | Subconsciously , she realised , she 'd been hoping for a ready answer , an explanation which would clear her niggling doubts … |
| 24 | Sorry to anyone who 'd been hoping for a match report from Newcastle , but I went home to Wakefield the morning after the game and so did n't get a chance to post one . |
| 25 | He 'd been funny , telling stories against himself of fiascos he had survived in the theatre , and he 'd been flattering in a subtle way . |
| 26 | His name was , but I found he 'd been lodging in a house in Road close to the railway station . |
| 27 | But of course , th , I 'd been living at The Haven then , next to the butcher 's shop . |
| 28 | ‘ I feel as though I 'd been living under an anaesthetic for years and years . ’ |
| 29 | Nothing of her true nature , not even — and here Pavel had been holding his breath at the back of the Border Control 's interrogation room — where she 'd been living for the past two years . |
| 30 | What would these people think , I wondered , if they knew he 'd been living like an Apache most of his life and right up until a little while ago ? |