Sentence examples for had being there from inspiring English sources

I wandered into the lobby, hoping to strike up a conversation about Wagner and the Wesendoncks, but, when asked what business I had being there, I could think of no plausible reply, and retreated.

He had been there before.

Palmer had been there before.

She had been there before.

Some had been there for several days.

He had been there many times before.

It had been there for five years.

She had been there many hours.

Indeed, they had been there a while.

The solution had been there all along.

He had been there that day.