Example sentences of "[noun] had been [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The head told me that Mrs Singh had been coming to school regularly to express concern about Balbinder 's lack of progress . |
| 2 | Compagnie des Machines Bull SA had been looking to 1992 as a year of recovery , but that was not quite the way things turned out , and after provisions , the French state-owned company saw even worse figures than in 1991 , losses equivalent to $847m at the current $0.18 rate of exchange compared with $595m a year ago . |
| 3 | David Lyell had been returning to Britain from Carolina as a member of the crew of a merchant vessel when his ship was intercepted by a cruiser and he was impressed for service in an undermanned warship . |
| 4 | What he does n't seem to know is that Albie had been talking to Carmichael . |
| 5 | Mrs Grandison followed her apprehensively into one of those ubiquitous tea-shops which cater for the multitudes of office workers and others who want a cheap meal at any time of the day , and which , excellent though they are , can hardly be compared with the restaurants Mrs Grandison had been hoping to lunch in . |
| 6 | She also knew that Bertie had been lying to her over ‘ discontinuing ’ the post . |
| 7 | Jaelani said that the troops had been responding to " chaos or riot " , but nevertheless some officers had been " emotional " and their actions were " beyond the limit of propriety " and " exceeded the limit of toleration " . |
| 8 | ACET 's local representative , Ana Ureche , reported that she was ‘ greatly encouraged ’ that course participants had been lecturing to schools and other groups and had passed much of the literature obtained form the course to other colleagues for their use . |
| 9 | Maisie Dougall had been listening to her friends going on and she thought it was about time she made a contribution . |
| 10 | I know the mental health on th on the health service side are facing the same problems and I was wondering to what extent the director had been talking to the District Health Authority on , on those lines . |
| 11 | Business had been good in the few weeks she had been in charge , but she was astute enough to realise that many of the customers had been coming to the club simply to see her . |
| 12 | Di Driver had been coming to my classes for some time and she knew I was appearing on the programme but I had no idea that she planned on paying me a visit ‘ on air ’ . |
| 13 | The advice was given after Jo had been speaking to both children and their parents ( an audience that included 12 year old Romy Hutchins — a participant in the Challenge — and her father Paul , the former British Davis Cup captain and national team manager ) , in a unique question and answer session which preceded an on court clinic for the 20 or so participating juniors . |
| 14 | Ali had been listening to the discussion . |
| 15 | A lot of personal things had been happening to me during that year . |
| 16 | In a few hours of concentrated assault he could destroy months of determined surreptitious growth ; but then he would discover some other , overlooked area where things had been going to the dogs unheeded and some valiantly struggling patch of wood anemone or bluebells had been choked to the last gasp . |
| 17 | Puzzling — since it seemed that Yorke had been listening to information he 'd specifically asked for . |
| 18 | Their relationship had been coming to an end and Miss Turner 's parents had arranged for her to go on a holiday to America to deter her from seeing him . |
| 19 | Rachel had become so lost in her thoughts that she suddenly realised her father had been talking to her and she had n't heard a word . |
| 20 | Mrs O had been chatting to a close friend for over an hour . |
| 21 | A woman had been talking to him , but she had gone away . |
| 22 | For some time Leonard had been listening to the music of the day , which he shared with his mother and sister . |
| 23 | For the past half-hour the little man had been giggling to himself as he stropped a Buck knife razor-sharp on the inside of his belt . |
| 24 | The two cousins had been writing to each other in secret for several weeks , and Cathy had used the milkman as a messenger . |
| 25 | Coleman had been lecturing to officers of the army medical staff at Woolwich , and Dr Rollo and the officers of the medical staff signed a memorial , suggesting Coleman 's appointment as veterinary surgeon to the Ordnance . |
| 26 | The Thing had been listening to radio and television and had found the place the going-straight-up Shuttles went from . |
| 27 | And er an interesting thing had been coming to our house She comes goes to the same church . |
| 28 | Sheriff 's Deputy Mark Ray said Salata had been coming to the secure Polo Club development , where 23-year-old Steffi has a home , at least three times a day for three days in an attempt to see her . |
| 29 | Milly said cos we 'd been talking about this all day and they , the children had been saying to John you gon na have a picture of yourself in Where 's the Wally thing ? |
| 30 | Iain Logan had been listening to him as though fascinated by the stress of experience which had lengthened Cameron 's face and closed his black brows over his eyes . |