Example sentences of "woman who had been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here was a woman who had been trying to have a child ever since her marriage and yet she , Celia , had conceived not merely without any difficulty but on the one and only time she had not taken steps to prevent it . |
| 2 | Fran 's voice rose to a shrill scream , and the elderly woman who had been watching them curiously stopped . |
| 3 | At the end of the recording , the woman who had been showering him with questions observed the following : ‘ I have never done such a difficult interview . |
| 4 | A woman who had been looking at the screen turned to him and said , " I saw one , round at my daughter 's . |
| 5 | A shopkeeper had a dispute with a customer , a woman who had been waiting for a bus had popped in to mention parking on the footpath at weekends , the school had organised some Maypole dancing and wondered if part of the car park could be cordoned off , somebody else wanted vehicle watch forms . |
| 6 | An elderly woman who had been missing and feared dead is recovering in hospital after a helicopter search found her . |
| 7 | She was the first television celebrity he had met in the flesh , and he still could not quite believe the woman who had been sitting in front of him was the same one he had watched so regularly on the box . |