Example sentences of "local [noun] [vb past] [been] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just previous to our visit to this latter small harbour a well known German smuggling vessel had been coopering off the coast and local boats had been landing cases of spirits . |
| 2 | An investigation by the Japanese Fisheries Agency concluded in an announcement by the Foreign Ministry that the dolphins had committed a " mass suicide " from which local fisherman had been trying to save them by driving them back into the sea . |
| 3 | The craftsmen of the local Guilds had been performing a play on the Feast of Corpus Christi for eighty years . |
| 4 | The Court of Appeal supported the decision at first instance to leave all four children at home but recognised that the local authority had been acting quite properly in bringing the case to court . |
| 5 | Three local anglers had been watching the pantomime with great enjoyment , and I have yet to live it down . |