Example sentences of "her mother had be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leith mentally shook herself to join in the conversation , realising that her mother had been speaking of the wonderful opportunities there were for world-wide travelling these days . |
| 2 | She flushed , wondering if her mother had been watching . |
| 3 | Night after sleepless night , her mother had been thinking about her , while Carolyn slept deep black sleeps and tried to keep her head empty . |
| 4 | The last few years her mother had been waging a war on all vermin , including bed bugs . |
| 5 | During this time , Liz had taken much of the responsibility for the day-to-day running of the business , while her mother had been staying at home to look after her husband who was in poor health . |
| 6 | Liz Ablewhite was offered , and graciously accepted , the Alethea Ward Scholarship in Natural Sciences ( an annual college award specifically designated by Dr Ward , 1853–1935 , for female students of medicine from the County of Yorkshire , her own home county ) , the goal towards which her mother had been directing her for the past ten years . |
| 7 | Miss Gregg told detectives her mother had been waiting for the handyman to call at the time of her death . |
| 8 | The Havards arrived at The Kilns , Maureen played tennis with them , swam with them and provided them with the sandwiches and cakes which she and her mother had been preparing all day . |