Example sentences of "[vb past] they [verb] been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One reason I was disappointed is because what it says in these minutes , Robert 's people reported they 'd been speaking to the R and Abbey Leisure Service in London that had been considerable interest in the Edinburgh Festival Programme and in everything |
| 2 | When he did not return for quite a while , she guessed they had been talking to each other about her . |
| 3 | He realised they had been watching for some minutes before he noticed them . |
| 4 | After three weeks of intense work and numerous rejected ideas the creative team of copywriter Liz Whiston and art director Dave Shelton felt they had been trying to solve one of humanity 's great challenges . |
| 5 | ‘ She said they 'd been helping her to write songs , and sure enough I tried one of them — low string down to D , and top string right down to C — and I got three new songs straight away : Galileo , Virginia Woolf and a ballad that did n't make it onto the record . |
| 6 | Till the knock on the door — two investigators said they 'd been watching my house and he was living with me . |
| 7 | Derek said they 'd been having sex ! |
| 8 | said they 'd been recording things for her wanting to see what she does see when she 's old . |
| 9 | Three people with incendiary devices were found in a car … they said they had been intending to commit a serious crime and they just walk out of court . |
| 10 | they said they had been bringing in one of their nets , which had seemed very heavy . |
| 11 | He did not take the sheaf of notes Marshall tendered but made him recite the relevant ones and in that way learned that three people said they had been wearing clothes which were , at least in part , cream-coloured . |
| 12 | Mr Siddle , of Hesleden Avenue , Acklam , Middlesbrough , said they had been working on the operation the previous day and the pipe kept jamming when attempts were made to slot it into place . |
| 13 | Amiss suspected they had been hammering the port harder than ever the previous night . |