Example sentences of "had be [v-ing] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the left , the social contract was to be intimately connected with the industrial policy which had been taking shape under the auspices of the National Executive Committee over the early '70s . |
| 2 | When the code was broken , it was found that he had been taking placebo rather than ursodeoxycholic acid . |
| 3 | Eddie Chattaway had been taking part in the tournament for over twenty years before he loosed his winning arrow in 1977 . |
| 4 | Pease had been taking part in a march through the capital , Lima , when the officer shot him at close range with bird shot . |
| 5 | The men , none of whom was injured , had been taking part in the Isle of Man Midnight Race , an annual event organised by Tranmere Sailing Club . |
| 6 | For the last three years Bowler , 32 , had been taking anti-depressant medication as a result of her husband 's treatment of her . |
| 7 | The court 's heard that she had been taking cocaine and drinking whisky . |
| 8 | A Lebanese chauffeur who denies Kim 's manslaughter has told the court that she had been taking cocaine and drinking whisky . |
| 9 | Both had been taking fluticasone propionate during the trial , but the investigators considered the deaths were caused by disease activity rather than the treatment received . |
| 10 | Closures of railway lines had been taking place for many years , accelerated by the growing availability of cars in the 1950s . |
| 11 | Although the British Government ruled out the prospect of the US company buying Austin Rover , within days of it leaking out that talks had been taking place , Bob Lutz , Ford of Europe chairman , said : ‘ I honestly believe it would have been best for Britain . ’ |
| 12 | Discussions had been taking place since the middle of last week . |
| 13 | The Local Plan inquiry had been taking place and the village had made a large input thanks to help from Rear Admiral Charles Weston and Christine Darter , who had devoted time and effort in presenting the parish point of view on many matters . |
| 14 | As one walked outside , another began arguing with Dad who was , naturally , absolutely furious at what had been taking place . |
| 15 | These and others were named as Members of the new London Passenger Transport Board in May 1933 , but moves had been taking place behind the scenes from the beginning of the year . |
| 16 | Since 1955 at Harwell construction had been taking place of ZETA — a 3 metre diameter doughnut shaped vacuum chamber containing deuterium plasma . |
| 17 | Pressed to state whether he was satisfied that nothing illegitimate had been taking place , Stewart was evasive . |
| 18 | The period investigated is one of increased interest in political and academic circles in the implications of the decisive shift in the British age structure , towards a higher proportion of older people , which had been taking place since the beginning of the century . |
| 19 | Talks between the government and the ANC had been taking place against a background of mounting violence , particularly in Natal and the townships of the Transvaal , between supporters of the ANC and of Inkatha [ for eventual Mandela-Buthelezi meeting in January 1991 see p. 37951 ] . |
| 20 | Despite a post-election resumption of fighting , a breakthrough in negotiations appeared imminent following the March round of the UN-sponsored peace talks between the government and the FMLN ( which had been taking place at monthly intervals over the past year ) . |
| 21 | On Feb. 6 , with the agreement of the authorities in the Georgian autonomous republic of Abkhazia , government troops established control in Sukhumi , where rallies in support of the deposed President had been taking place daily . |
| 22 | The worst violence yesterday was in the western city of David where the trial had been taking place since July 6 . |
| 23 | A police surveillance operation had been taking place at the house , though not last night . |
| 24 | For many months a nurse had been taking care of Mary , described by everyone as a gentle , retiring person . |
| 25 | A police statement on Nov. 14 , however , claimed that the shots had gone astray ( one into the air , the other into the ground ) only because a policeman had pounced on the gunman , Aleksandr Shmonov , as he had been taking aim at the leadership 's reviewing stand atop the Lenin Mausoleum , only 46 metres away . |
| 26 | It was disclosed on Jan. 19 , 1989 , that FBI agents posing as commodity traders for nearly two years had been accumulating evidence of widespread fraud on the floors of the Chicago Board of Trade and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange . |
| 27 | Even Boddy , who had been telling Westerman as they came down the stairs how he had been at Bad Godesberg in 1938 just two days after Hitler and Chamberlain had left , trailed away into silence . |
| 28 | Previously , the most radical members of the Moldavian Popular Front had been advocating independence from the Soviet Union , but none had wanted to rejoin Romania while it was under the oppressive rule of the Ceausescus . |
| 29 | ‘ The teacher was not highly qualified but very much alive and specially trained in English medium teaching at Kagumo Training College nearby ; the children had been learning English for six months . |
| 30 | She had been amassing clothing coupons for the last six months and was determined that Constance would have a magnificent dress from one of the London stores . |