Example sentences of "had [adv] [been] [v-ing] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whichever is correct , we know that Magellan named the final cape Deseado , ‘ for we had long been desiring it ’ . |
| 2 | Josh had the newspaper spread out in front of him on the table , but Ruth felt sure that he had not been reading it ; she doubted if he even knew it was there . |
| 3 | She 'd only pulled away because she knew what was happening was wrong , not because she had n't been enjoying it . |
| 4 | They had n't been hunting it . |
| 5 | It was only then that he realised that he simply had n't been driving it fast enough . |
| 6 | He turned and left , ignoring the shouts and screams of the small wet attendant as — after the under-cook had gathered the other scullions round , pointed to the cauldron , the ladle and its own belly before nodding at the wet attendant — the kicking , howling creature was grabbed by the same scullions who had recently been comforting it , hoisted up the ladder still resting against the side of the great vat , and thrown back in . |
| 7 | As I walked towards the hut , I saw that someone had certainly been using it . |
| 8 | His shirt had been as cleanly stripped from him as if he had never been wearing it , although his skin appeared uninjured . |