Example sentences of "they 'd been [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nobody left the queue : they were n't going to lose their place , they 'd been queueing for an hour . |
| 2 | It ran beside a broad , shaded boulevard of feathery pepper trees , and the sudden sight of European-style buildings made him reflect that the jungles , fields and villages through which they 'd been moving for the past few hours had remained unchanging throughout many centuries . |
| 3 | They 'd been heading for a festival in Chipping Sodbury , but had been diverted by police . |
| 4 | That 's what they 'd been fighting for for twenty years . |
| 5 | They 'd been waiting for me , it seemed , in a mutual absence of civility . |
| 6 | The fog lifted and the house became filled with a babble of excitable people , few of whom spoke English and who all arrived at once because they 'd been waiting for a clear passage . |
| 7 | They 'd been waiting for a council house for 5 years . |