Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] [vb past] [been] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were standing by the desk in the library , where Theda had been going over the household accounts when the lawyer arrived , Hector , his wound still troublesome , laying at her feet . |
| 2 | At least , where Masklin had been sitting . |
| 3 | They were in the kitchen , where Hannele had been drinking milk when he returned . |
| 4 | Screams rang out from the galleries , where spectators had been gazing down instead of hiding . |
| 5 | She had tried to locate him for over two years , in both America and Canada , where John had been living and working for a number of years . |
| 6 | The combination of prophetic denunciation and broad generalization did not appeal to his contemporaries ; as one of his colleagues in the Chandos Group ( where Eliot had been discussing the matters contained in his book ) wrote later , " It is understandable that The Idea of a Christian Society should make little appeal to the large majority of the intelligentsia . |
| 7 | Although Frankie had been dozing , he was too hungry to sleep for more than a few minutes at a time . |
| 8 | And almost immediately Stratton had been talking freely … |
| 9 | If Patrick had been expecting the small man to head up Grafton Street , then he was disappointed ; the guide continued on past the bottom of the crowded street , passing Yeates & Son , the opticians with the giant spectacle frame hanging outside the shop , heading into Nassau Street and then he turned right into Dawson Street . |
| 10 | But the truth is that if Parliament had been sitting , Mellor would have gone weeks ago . |
| 11 | If Ebert had been paying for Axel 's debauchery , the chances were that he was behind the death of the girl . |
| 12 | I would not presume to add anything to the Word of God but I have a sneaking suspicion that if Isaiah had been writing in the 1990s he might have added a phrase . |
| 13 | If gaunt-face had been looking up at the Clubroom windows in the hope of seeing Filmer — or of Filmer seeing him — maybe Filmer would come down to talk to him and maybe I could photograph them both together , which might one day prove useful . |
| 14 | However , if Ross had been suffering from boredom , he managed to hide the fact very well when , only a few days later , he contacted her at the small London flat she was temporarily sharing with some friends from university , and invited her out to dinner . |
| 15 | If Philip had been looking for a pale , sickly , ragged and possibly fettered prisoner , Harry would be a considerable shock to him . |
| 16 | If th'guts 'd been griping and grinding like as if a corkscrew were twisting there , thee 'ud have done the same . |
| 17 | Clearly we do not believe that since cc occurred , e would still have as it did , even if k had been missing . |
| 18 | If Lewis had been learning more than he knew before about humility , Williams had been learning more than he knew before about medieval literature . |
| 19 | But if Berowne had been writing and had blotted the paper at the desk , where was it now ? |
| 20 | But if Berowne had been seeking a moment for further confidences it had disappeared . |
| 21 | Her face seemed puffy to her as if tears had been drenching it while she had been unconscious . |
| 22 | If Spunk had been hoping to rattle me by picking this place for a venue , then Spunk was out of luck . |
| 23 | If Weaver had been watching as Liz Spalding had been smuggled into the house , then the element of surprise was lost . |
| 24 | The bruise was a dull , greenish sickle of shadow just under the cheek-bone and then a comma of purple on the side of the nose , as if Culley had been wearing ill-fitting glasses . |
| 25 | If Leslie had been going too fast the others would have told him to slow down . |
| 26 | If Mitzi had been sitting on the lilac branch with the squirrel yesterday ( and at this point her thoughts brought a smile to Elisabeth 's face ) , she would have overheard much to have kept her mind and tongue engaged . … |
| 27 | If Leeds had been playing a better team they would n't have won but such is the game that you ca n't play the big boys everyday ( thank God ) and Leeds eventually , to the fans relief , and mine too , registered their first win in four games and hopefully gained a confidence booster both for their defence and for our new goalkeeper Beeney who was called on to make only two saves , important as they were . |
| 28 | Floy got up , not furtively , but quite openly and naturally , so that if Balor should open his eyes it would not seem as if Floy had been trying to run away . |
| 29 | ‘ It seems as if John had been waiting for them to leave . |
| 30 | And they said no more , because Rose had been teasing , merely ; it had not crossed her head that Clara might truly have stayed out . |