Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [noun] had be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Evidence was also given that Ward had been suffering from a personality disorder and was highly suggestible at the time of her arrest and trial . |
| 2 | There was an immediate inquiry at which evidence was given that Hunt had been running when the race was stopped , but not really racing . |
| 3 | The right to be relieved in one 's parish , perhaps as much as aversion to the workhouse as an institution , lay behind riots in Suffolk in 1765 where a practice of building large workhouses to serve several parishes had been developing since a private enabling statute had been obtained in 1756 . |
| 4 | A government White Paper in 1970 declared that government had been attempting to do too much . |
| 5 | The sturdily independent high tech sector had naught for the comfort of either major party in the run-up to today 's by-election in Newbury , Berkshire when the big guns from party headquarters showed up for photocalls during the build-up : Labour chose Vodafone Group Plc and tried to commiserate about the recession , only to be told that business had been going gangbusters for several months , the Tories went looking for green shoots at Micro Focus Plc , only to be told that the UK market was flat on its back , and that it was only foreign sales that were keeping the old Coboller busy . |
| 6 | Several of the Board 's leading civil servants had been pressing for more equality in provision . |
| 7 | Surprised bosses thought 46-year-old Terry had been spending the day wrapped up in bed . |
| 8 | The AEEU Scottish organiser , Harry McLevy , said he thought both sides had been inching towards some sort of agreement . |
| 9 | ‘ We think one soldier had been playing with the weapon when it went off . |
| 10 | Park official Fred Haala said some trippers had been harassing the crocodile . |
| 11 | The hotel 's owner said nine Irishmen had been staying at the hotel since June , all of them apparently working as builders . |
| 12 | Pc James Crane , one of six officers who had searched for the alleged raiders , said both men had been trying to hide in bushes and ferns . |
| 13 | Unless they desperately need to believe , like the self-styled ‘ cerealogists ’ who could not accept two jokers had been manufacturing corn circles . |