Example sentences of "the car [vb past] [been] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whoever was driving the car had been trying to kill her , it was as simple as that . |
| 2 | The car had been waiting for him . |
| 3 | It was obvious to Michael and Geoffrey that the car had been waiting for them . |
| 4 | It was alleged the car had been doing 50-60mph on the wrong side of the road . |
| 5 | The car had been travelling along the A534 from Wrexham to Holt when it went out of control . |
| 6 | The car had been behaving all right the night before , when Brian had driven them back from Liz 's . |