Example sentences of "where they [vb past] been [v-ing] " in BNC.

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1 Instantly , three athletic-looking youths sprang from a doorway where they 'd been idling just a short distance along the road .
2 You 'd go to a school where they 'd been doing French or Latin for two or three years and you had n't done any at all .
3 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 .
4 The two teams arrived in the northern capital from Beijing where they had been competing in the Asian Games .
5 Kevin Brown , Patrick Seymour and Lou Collins ran into the listening-post from the cots where they had been lying dozing .
6 The twins sprang up from where they had been sitting by Chola 's side and ran round the hearth to have a closer look .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 A fraction of a second later a wash of flame played over the stones where they had been standing .
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