Example sentences of "had been [verb] [prep] each " in BNC.
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| 1 | P cepacia was not recovered from the external surface of the spirometer handpiece , or from the arms of a wooden chair that had been grasped by each patient during spirometry . |
| 2 | In each case the siblings concerned had been separated from each other when they were babies . |
| 3 | In the space of 15 years , species had been lost from each of six sites monitored off the Florida Keys ; at all but one of the sites , the total amount of coral present had shrunk . |
| 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 | In 1907 Picasso and Braque had been living near each other in Montmartre for some time , and after 1908 began meeting daily to talk , visit the galleries and museums , and to examine each other 's work . |
| 6 | The two cousins had been writing to each other in secret for several weeks , and Cathy had used the milkman as a messenger . |
| 7 | Mr Campbell said that during the first incident , when Mr Friel and the two younger accused had been shouting at each other in the shopping centre , the lawyer had struck the 15-year-old on the face with the dog leash . |
| 8 | Joe 's contract had been renewed during each year of his captivity but that did n't happen this year . |
| 9 | It took me a lot more years , and even more boyfriends , to cotton on , by which time most of the occupants of the back rows had been married to each other for years and were on their second spin dryer . |
| 10 | Five of those released on Christmas Eve 1772 had been gaoled for each owing 12s 8d , and were given half a crown ( 2s 6d ) on discharge . |
| 11 | In later letters to Hanns , John mentioned that ‘ we have quite a lot of black tarlatan , so if you could use it in your designs , do so ’ , as about £1 had been allowed for each costume and the tarlatan was free . |
| 12 | When he did not return for quite a while , she guessed they had been talking to each other about her . |
| 13 | Since only a limited number of booklets had been issued to each school , it seemed possible that many teachers might well have seen and used it , a section at a time , in the form of photocopied sheets . |
| 14 | He reported a spawning in alkaline tapwater to which a teaspoon of salt had been added for each gallon of water . |