Example sentences of "[that] [noun pl] had be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The aim was to ensure that subjects had been fixating correctly by requiring them to report this digit immediately prior to recalling the stimulus . |
| 2 | Western reports said that troops had been massing in the region since December 1990 . |
| 3 | I do n't know how long it was that things had been going badly for them but I do know there were problems . |
| 4 | Palmer had noticed that something was wrong with the water , even before taking the sample , and volunteered the opinion ( subsequently confirmed ) that cattle had been drinking in it upstream . |
| 5 | The negro was obviously homosexual and I realized that homosexuals had been buying that stuff for years . |
| 6 | She tried to tell him that hospitals had been using such beds for years , but he just went into another tantrum . |
| 7 | Although the British Government ruled out the prospect of the US company buying Austin Rover , within days of it leaking out that talks had been taking place , Bob Lutz , Ford of Europe chairman , said : ‘ I honestly believe it would have been best for Britain . ’ |
| 8 | Magistrates heard that employees had been hosing out residue from used drums — using a high pressure jet — in a defined ‘ washing area ’ . |