Example sentences of "that [noun] [vb past] [been] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Evidence was also given that Ward had been suffering from a personality disorder and was highly suggestible at the time of her arrest and trial . |
| 2 | She calmly told me that the police had called round and that Nassim had been looking for me . |
| 3 | The sturdily independent high tech sector had naught for the comfort of either major party in the run-up to today 's by-election in Newbury , Berkshire when the big guns from party headquarters showed up for photocalls during the build-up : Labour chose Vodafone Group Plc and tried to commiserate about the recession , only to be told that business had been going gangbusters for several months , the Tories went looking for green shoots at Micro Focus Plc , only to be told that the UK market was flat on its back , and that it was only foreign sales that were keeping the old Coboller busy . |
| 4 | Over the three days that Forester had been observing , his schedule had been consistent to within a few minutes either way . |
| 5 | The wind that day had been increasing with the approach of bad weather and the instructor , who had decided that it was time to stop , was towing the glider to the hangar . |
| 6 | These claims were never universally accepted ; the destruction of the unity of Christendom by the Reformation helped to undermine the authority of the Pope to allocate territory , but it was Catholic France that first challenged Spain 's position in the West Indies and that conflict had been going on for some years when in 1559 , at the end of one round of European wars , France and Spain included in the peace treaty a clause which stated that fighting in regions west of the Azores or south of the Tropic of Cancer was not to be taken as a reason for resuming hostilities in Europe . |
| 7 | Over the past few years , that phobia had been getting worse . |
| 8 | There was an immediate inquiry at which evidence was given that Hunt had been running when the race was stopped , but not really racing . |
| 9 | A government White Paper in 1970 declared that government had been attempting to do too much . |
| 10 | HP CEO John Young told a meeting of analysts last week that HP had been looking at both the USL and OSF kernels , but had no plans in place to license USL technology . |
| 11 | Lili had said inconsequentially that Syl had been chasing young girls for years , and my mother had asked her crossly how she knew . |
| 12 | Party Politics , known as an equine giant in racing circles because of his massive size , was cruising when he took it up four fences from home , and winning jockey Carl Llewellyn later admitted that his chief concern at that stage had been striking the front too early . |