Example sentences of "[noun pl] had [be] [v-ing] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The voices had been going on all evening . |
| 2 | Both countries had been speaking for some time of their desire to improve relations , without making much progress . |
| 3 | This was reportedly a concession which US oil companies had been seeking for some time . |
| 4 | The practice of selling honours had been increasing under all governments and it was becoming more marked in both parties . |
| 5 | Guests had been arriving for some time , for they had heard cars coming and going , but she had n't met any yet . |
| 6 | The US and North Korean governments had been communicating for several years at a low level through the US embassy in Beijing . |
| 7 | For a long time the industrious Bavarians had been preparing for such an attack . |
| 8 | Several of the Board 's leading civil servants had been pressing for more equality in provision . |
| 9 | The convoys had been coming through all week . |
| 10 | Profits had been falling for some years ; investment collapsed suddenly in summer 1974 . |
| 11 | The two cousins had been writing to each other in secret for several weeks , and Cathy had used the milkman as a messenger . |
| 12 | The AEEU Scottish organiser , Harry McLevy , said he thought both sides had been inching towards some sort of agreement . |
| 13 | Carey continued : ‘ I doubt if He would have been impressed by the argument that the goats had been waiting for these things to trickle down as a by-product of economic growth . ’ |