Example sentences of "had been [verb] [v-ing] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Scotsman had been witnessed hammering on the door of the nearby Bull public house . |
| 2 | Bissell 's body had been found lying on a pile of rubbish , face down . |
| 3 | She had been found lying on her back , hands folded , naked . |
| 4 | He phoned his provincial headquarters at Cesena , who called regional headquarters at Bologna , who checked with their opposite numbers in Florence before confirming that no member of the force had been reported missing on either side of the Apennines . |
| 5 | The military report claimed that when Georgian authorities protested to the Russian army headquarters in Gudauta , they had been told the attack had been to avenge shelling on Saturday of a Russian army unit . |