Example sentences of "they had been [v-ing] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had been staying at a log cabin holiday home at Cropton , near Pickering , and yesterday , Ray Allanson , manager of the Forestry Commission 's Keldy Forest cabins , said : ‘ They left without any maps unaware of the dangers of walking in the forest at night . |
| 2 | They had been staying at a 16th century chateau near Compeigne . |
| 3 | They had been living at Riverstown for two months before the first invitation came . |
| 4 | It seemed incredible to Tug that only five minutes before he had been calling her Ma and they had been grinning at each other . |
| 5 | She preached about the passover , a subject they had been studying at Bible camp , and obviously made a good impression . |
| 6 | On this particular day , they had been shooting at Taos and at the end of it they dropped some acid and took off with two other friends to visit the nearby tomb of D.H . |
| 7 | He was across the road and halfway back down Fleet Street before it occurred to him that they had been staring at him like that because they thought he was trying to push in at the head of the queue . |
| 8 | They had been sitting at home ( unheated , before Anna put in the plumbing and the armchairs ) with cousins and priests coming to black coffee now and then while the prince was out on his horse or at the club . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Presumably , after carrying out their assignments , they had been returning at irregular intervals and were now preparing their reports for the final session of the afternoon . |