Example sentences of "[Wh adv] they had be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They did n't fire a response in her , but it felt nice , like when they had been holding hands . |
| 2 | They were vague shadowy figures , rather like her own mother had been , except that she remembered them slightly better because , when she had been about eight years old , Granny Tremayne had driven her over to Newquay where they had been staying . |
| 3 | The two teams arrived in the northern capital from Beijing where they had been competing in the Asian Games . |
| 4 | Kevin Brown , Patrick Seymour and Lou Collins ran into the listening-post from the cots where they had been lying dozing . |
| 5 | The twins sprang up from where they had been sitting by Chola 's side and ran round the hearth to have a closer look . |
| 6 | They were all three at the table where they had been sitting at a meal , the curry soup before them , a dreadful static group , posed as for a stage set . |
| 7 | But I did discover where they had been coming in — through the stable and into the wall — and where they had resided when I pulled down the ceiling lathes in the dairy and a load of old nests and rat droppings fell on to my head . |
| 8 | A fraction of a second later a wash of flame played over the stones where they had been standing . |