Example sentences of "had been [v-ing] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was just as Joe had been telling her all her life . |
| 2 | Meola accused Arsenal striker Ian Wright of ‘ talking trash ’ and claimed England players had been calling him fat in exchanges as bitter as the Boston Tea Party . |
| 3 | Finally , one of the doctors who had been advising him prescribed complete rest of the voice for a full two weeks before his next recital . |
| 4 | In addition , having had several days in which to think about it , she could see quite clearly how it had been responsible for the problems which had been harassing her all her life . |
| 5 | A fly , whose buzzing had been driving me insane , was struggling for life . |
| 6 | She plunged into the crowds , who had turned out in their thousands to greet her , as though she had been doing it all her life . |
| 7 | I checked through my notes to make sure I had the correct dates , aware I had the correct dates , aware that I had been finding it hard to concentrate . |
| 8 | Well er going back to when I started serving my time as an apprentice er I think I started with eleven shillings and I was there for about nine months when the manager come over and says to me he had been paying me short . |
| 9 | It was Michael who asked the question that had been troubling them all . |
| 10 | That had been choking him this long time gone . |
| 11 | Which meant that he had been giving it considerable quiet thought . |