Example sentences of "it had been [v-ing] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | While he had been talking like an estate agent , getting his full value out of the situation , the full embarrassment of it had been dawning on Jenna . |
| 2 | It was raining when Patrick Montgomery Lundy , followed by Jane Bradley , stepped onto Irish soil , and he suddenly remembered his mother telling him that it had been raining on the day she had first come to Ireland , in the May of 1898 . |
| 3 | It had been running on unheard for some time , in any case . |
| 4 | A site has yet to be secured — although the Mountain View , California-based company said it had been working on the plans for some 18 months — and a choice will be announced within 60 days , according to Sun 's chief financial officer , Kevin Melia . |
| 5 | Cos it had been playing on her mind for weeks . |
| 6 | It had been lying on the ground ( referent-the paper ) . |