Example sentences of "[Wh det] [pers pn] 'd been [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For one thing Harlow is the sort of town which I 'd been agitating for both before and after the war whenever I was speaking on behalf of the Labour Party both at street corners and at public meetings on the type of life we vis envisaged for a normal person in the land . |
| 2 | It ran beside a broad , shaded boulevard of feathery pepper trees , and the sudden sight of European-style buildings made him reflect that the jungles , fields and villages through which they 'd been moving for the past few hours had remained unchanging throughout many centuries . |
| 3 | During that week I felt the Lord speak to me and I knew that this is what I 'd been looking for all my life and I decided to follow Jesus . |
| 4 | ‘ No , you came here wanting to know what I 'd been saying to Mr Kronweiser today . ’ |
| 5 | At last she found what she 'd been looking for . |
| 6 | Well , he told Mummy , and now she 's furious , because apparently it 's what she 'd been hoping for . |
| 7 | I saw what she 'd been smiling at . |
| 8 | What we decided to do , because I thought that 's what you 'd been pressing for , was to show that as the equivalent affect of , okay , you think you 're making these profits but you 're actually enjoying services that you 're not paying for . |
| 9 | ‘ I asked what you 'd been doing for the last five years … ’ |
| 10 | That 's what they 'd been fighting for for twenty years . |
| 11 | The Raubvogel had just entered the short tunnel that led out of the cavern , when Katze finally found what he 'd been looking for . |
| 12 | It was in the second of the rooms behind a damp stack of spare mattresses that he found what he 'd been hoping for . |
| 13 | Now he 'd lost track of what he 'd been thinking of completely . |
| 14 | But that was what he 'd been doing for the past several minutes . |
| 15 | Did he say what he 'd been doing with himself ? |
| 16 | By comparison , what he 'd been doing in the cafeteria block was mere journeyman stuff . |
| 17 | But he went on refusing to say anything at all about what he 'd been doing in Paris . |
| 18 | I asked him what he 'd been doing out East and he said he 'd been starting up a chain of these shops in Japan . ’ |
| 19 | At last she knew what he 'd been keeping from her . |