Example sentences of "when we had been [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was just like Ireland to have a disastrous afternoon against Wales when we had been set up by the bookies as firm favourites . |
| 2 | To confirm his fears , when we had been driving out of Tangier docks late at night , having only just arrived on African soil , a group of men had tried to stop us . |
| 3 | The young man admitted in due course , when we had been driving for an hour , that he did not know the way and was totally lost . |
| 4 | One night during our charter , when we had been sipping whisky under the stars , Senator Crowninshield had told me that no fat man could ever again become President of the United States . |
| 5 | The Canadian in the next cell knew only that we would be moved into the camp itself when we had been interrogated . |
| 6 | The police , most of whom I knew , because of the great help they had given us when we had been burgled a couple of years earlier , said no , they did n't have the key , and in any case it was the council who must be approached . |