Example sentences of "the girl [vb past] [been] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The girl had been seeing a lot of another young man , an estate agent called Jose , and that association continued after the marriage — long after ! |
| 2 | She hated having to scan it in reverse rather than just rewind to go back to the same sequence the girl had been watching when she came in but Jezrael had n't thought to check the counter . |
| 3 | Dr Mitchell opened the door to find a coat identical to the one the girl had been wearing . |
| 4 | A woman who knew her told the court the girl had been abusing solvents for some time . |
| 5 | Doyle climbed into the car carrying the doll that the girl had been painting , and the ring that they had argued about . |
| 6 | The girl had been missing for what — a week ? — and off-hand he agreed with the local man 's judgement that she had been here for most of it . |
| 7 | ‘ A few seconds earlier the girls had been skipping and laughing . ’ |
| 8 | The girls had been plotting it for a month in great excitement . |
| 9 | ‘ Well , is n't that a terrible poor ibex ! ’ exclaimed Mrs Healy , having identified easily what the girls had been looking at . |
| 10 | Some of the girls had been looking forward to this as to the highlight of the trip , but Clara had been dreading it , and for a classic reason , which was that she had nothing nice to wear . |