Example sentences of "mr [noun] had be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Mowatt and Mr Pirrie had been working through the user directories , archiving files for retention , and deleting others as advised by users . |
| 2 | Mr Flood had been staring into that tree a lot lately , and worse still having conversations with someone he saw in its branches . |
| 3 | When she found that she was pregnant , she turned to her older sister for help , and since the O'Dells knew that Mr Marriner had been paying court to Moira , they assumed he was responsible for her condition . |
| 4 | John Rodwell , a specialist inspector from the Health and Safety Executive , said it appeared Mr Eaton had been using the burning torch to cut at the edge of the slot at one end of the pipe trying to open it and hot gases could have caused it to become dislodged and fall . |
| 5 | The cause was either the butane gas heater or the electric lead lamp Mr Whitley had been using under the car , or both , setting fire to petrol vapours . |
| 6 | Previously , Mr Ntoni-Nzinga had been studying for a doctorate in theology and anthropology in Manchester , UK . |
| 7 | It was not the remark Mr Crumwallis had been expecting , but he perked up , as he frequently did in interviews with parents , when an opportunity for fraudulent self-congratulation presented itself . |
| 8 | Mr Redmond had been looking after the woodyard where he worked while his employer was on a cruise to restore his health , and Sarah told Anne that her father had been given fifty pounds as a mark of appreciation when his employer returned . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It 's understood Mr Bryan had been thinking of returning to Painswick this weekend to escape the hoarde of newsmen beseigning him in London … |
| 11 | Yesterday publican John McKeague said that Mr McGarry had been drinking regularly in his bar for the last 20 years , but added that no one had ever asked about his movements . |
| 12 | Mr Wilson had been celebrating in an aunt 's house just after tea when he disappeared , and the family had assumed he had gone home . ’ |
| 13 | Presumably Mr Malik had been giving her tutorials . |
| 14 | Mr Koc had been earning 50p a day doing winter work on a building site in the Turkish capital before he was taken to London . |
| 15 | Mr Koc had been earning 50p a day doing winter work on a building site in the Turkish capital before he was taken to London . |
| 16 | Mr Butler had been taking a collection-box home when he was attacked on the Tube , kicked in the face , kneed in the stomach , had his head banged against a door and almost strangled . |
| 17 | Mr Nagdi had been carrying a gun when he left for work yesterday but he did not get a chance to use it . |
| 18 | Darlington magistrates were told Mr Siddle had been suffering from clinical depression triggered by business problems . |
| 19 | Darlington magistrates were told Mr Siddle had been suffering from clinical depression triggered by business problems . |
| 20 | Police believe Mr McEvoy had been using his blue Ford Sierra car , registered D234 HAJ , on Saturday evening . |
| 21 | Mr Barritt had been planning to retire from the executive of Bryson House , formerly known as Belfast Voluntary Welfare Society , next week after 30 years ' service . |
| 22 | Mr Brumhill had been working late at the shop on Wellingborough Road , something he often did . |
| 23 | Mr Brumhill had been working late at the shop on Wellingborough Road , something he often did . |
| 24 | Mr Moore had been displaying the Spitfire for nine years before the accident , and was regarded very highly as a master of the machine |
| 25 | Quigley just stood there , his immense arms loose at his side , as the mass of the congregation , murmuring among themselves like extras in a bad production of a Shakespeare play , swept after Pike as he turned and , bucket in hand , ran off across the Common towards the spot where Mr Marr had been sitting the night the aliens came . |
| 26 | Pike was pointing to the grass near to where Mr Marr had been sitting that night . |
| 27 | About twenty yards from where Mr Marr had been sitting , the grass had been flattened . |
| 28 | Since then Mr Crangle had been working in secret on another expedition . |
| 29 | Mr Norrie had been walking along Leith 's Great Junction Street on Friday evening when he saw two youths approaching him . |
| 30 | Mr Stanley had been carrying out routine maintenance work . |