Example sentences of "[pers pn] had be thinking of " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few days earlier I had been thinking of calling my doctor to assess the chances of having my vasectomy reversed in order to save my marriage to Karen . |
| 2 | I had been thinking of having a War shortly , maybe in the next week or so , but with Eric probably going to make an appearance I had decided against it . |
| 3 | But it would be only for a time and she had been thinking of asking the queen-dowager for permission to leave sanctuary and visit her mother . |
| 4 | She had been thinking of the three men downstairs , though perhaps one could hardly count John as being in the running . |
| 5 | She had been thinking of Mark and she had felt cold and lonely , so lonely … |
| 6 | She had been thinking of Jennifer , but she had n't wanted to say as much in front of David . |
| 7 | They had been thinking of a job in Parma to which I would commute daily ; but this one sounded very interesting , something after my own heart . |
| 8 | He told her he had been thinking of the text he had just learnt , ‘ Prepare to meet thy God , ’ and perhaps he might die tonight , and he did not know if he was ready , if his sins were all forgiven … |
| 9 | For a moment she thought he was going to throw his arms round her and hug her , she was sure he had been thinking of it , but he hesitated and she turned away . |
| 10 | At the end of the lunch , Branson said in a faltering voice that there was something he had been thinking of doing , and he wanted to ask Laker how he would feel about it . |
| 11 | David told her that he had been thinking of working hard to get Amaranth Wilikins selected as the Conservative candidate for Arden in place of Sir Ralph . |