Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [been] [v-ing] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Sandra was nearly fourteen her mother had suddenly grabbed hold of her by the knobbly clothes-prop in the sloping garden and delivered up the one piece of advice that had been fermenting in that already greying head for decades . |
| 2 | And the NRPB 's move also emphasized a process that had been continuing for many years . |
| 3 | It may also have been that the government was unwilling to lend further strength to the clamour for the reform of the Official Secrets Act ( which has now happened ) that had been mounting for some years . |
| 4 | The shields of his men broke bows against the shields of his enemies , and the shouting that had been going on all the time rose to a shattering yell . |
| 5 | Another , a woman who was living , and had been living for many years in , in continuous adultery ! |