Example sentences of "[vb past] been [v-ing] a [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | She thought she knew what might have been on his mind , because he 'd been writing a letter in the Lounge . |
| 2 | Builder Dave Young , wife Jane and son Paul , three — who had been taking a dip in the hotel pool — were left with just the costumes they had on . |
| 3 | The chairman , wearing a fawn sports jacket , said he apologised if he had ‘ caused any offence ’ , but said he was annoyed because Mr Loveluck-Edwards had been reading a novel in court . |
| 4 | A qualified nurse Pamela Armstrong said that she and two other woman had been running a stall in the Bootle Strand shopping centre . |
| 5 | The policeman had been investigating a burglary in which a Midland cash card , a portable CD player , a Hitachi portable television set , a silver bracelet , an 18-carat gold chain and St Christopher and five silver necklaces were stolen . |
| 6 | Altogether there were forty of us , all from Fontanellato apart from a shipowner from Genoa who had been spending a holiday in his house in the country . |