Example sentences of "[that] had be [v-ing] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hand that had been caressing her breast , stopped abruptly . |
| 2 | The softly spoken threat cut through the haze fogging her brain and she sat bolt upright , knocking away the hand that had been caressing her into submission almost without her realising it . |
| 3 | The expression that had been haunting her for nearly two days . |
| 4 | She hid more success with the identities of various names that had been puzzling her since their last encounter , and most satisfactorily of all , she placed the baby . |
| 5 | As he glanced up at her , his eyes shuttered , she found herself asking another question that had been puzzling her for a while . |
| 6 | We discovered that by making permanent changes to their usual diets individuals felt that their general health improved dramatically ; they felt far better mentally , and they managed to lose those ugly pounds of flesh that had been slowing them down and stubbing their ego . |
| 7 | As I waited , Pike started to fall , jumping clear of the stilts that had been holding him up . |
| 8 | Then , ‘ Wait a minute , ’ he interrupted himself , unclasping his left hand that had been holding hers , and reaching out to brush her hair . |
| 9 | Senna explained his version of the collision , saying : ‘ Nigel and I had passed the car that had been holding us up and then he braked earlier than I expected . |
| 10 | Which is more than you ever were with me — until , of course , that last day at the office when you took the lid off and let it all boil over — all the things that had been bugging you . ’ |
| 11 | By the time they had run the half-mile back to their barracks the tiger that had been stalking them in the penumbra had emerged from his cover . |
| 12 | It was the question that had been tormenting her from the very moment she had seen him enter the room . |
| 13 | Resisting the temptation to ask for answers to some of the questions that had been plaguing her , Luce shook her head . |
| 14 | It was as though a pain that had been worrying me had disappeared . |
| 15 | ‘ Was the rehearsal a success ? ’ she asked stiltedly , still plagued by the doubts that had been besetting her ever since leaving Gavin . |
| 16 | He was n't going for a joy trip , he was n't going out in the boat just to se to while away an hour or so to relax and to unwind , he was n't going there to , just to get away from the crowd of people that had been following him and had been listening to him , he had a purpose in going in into the boat , to go to the other side . |
| 17 | Last night , she had taken one of the wolfdogs that had been following her for weeks . |
| 18 | That was it until handover on Monday , which she hoped would be enough time to shake off the cold that had been dogging her for the last couple of days . |
| 19 | The breeze that had been lifting him , now began dragging him back , making everything heavy and sluggish . |
| 20 | Later , on their way home , Katherine suddenly realized what it was that had been troubling her throughout the evening . |
| 21 | It was Michael who asked the question that had been troubling them all . |
| 22 | She knew only , as they made their slow way along the beach back to the town , that she felt exhausted but peaceful , even momentarily carefree , as if she had shed burdens that had been weighing her down for a long time . |
| 23 | She stayed there for some time , the heavy depression that had been weighing her down ever since Marianne had appeared in her room soothed a little by the gentle singing of the river . |
| 24 | Charity 's mind , that formidable intellect that had been governing her every action for years , reminded her of the crush of student loans she had to pay . |