Example sentences of "it [vb past] be [v-ing] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Described as " red patriots " the group had only eight deputies in the Supreme Soviet , but observers noted that the ideas which it promoted were gathering increasing support in Russia .
2 It had been expecting some trouble on May 23th , the anniversary of China 's annexation of Tibet in 1951 .
3 It had been raining all day and by the time I got to the inn I looked like a pink sponge in a cagoule .
4 It had been raining all night and in the stillness of morning the clouds and mist had not yet cleared .
5 The weather was fine on the day , a lucky day as it had been raining all week .
6 It had been raining that night so the roads were slippy and our group was half way round the course when a friend , Catriona , suffered a puncture in her rear wheel .
7 When this eagerly awaited party actually happened , it had been going forty minutes before Dad and I realized that we knew virtually no one there .
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