Example sentences of "had been [v-ing] [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gilbert had been standing next to them and almost fell down the stairs in his efforts to get away from those doors as something shouldered them open . |
| 2 | And then a sound , as if she had been standing next to a huge thunderclap . |
| 3 | Spraying conventional crops with fungicides costs US$750 a hectare a year and is a hazard to the health of plantation workers and the environment ; there is also evidence that black sigatoka had been becoming resistant to the chemicals . |
| 4 | Together with Toby Freely , the fresh-faced young man who had been sitting next to Tom Tedder , she brought up , modestly , the rear of the exodus . |
| 5 | Rory , who had been sitting next to Jessica on a large warm stone , stood reluctantly . |
| 6 | Middle-aged , plump and perspiring , the garrulous American couple who were ‘ doing Europe ’ had been sitting next to Luce on the flight from London . |