After I had been walking for an hour, I decided to have a rest.
Mary could see that the child had been crying for some time.
I thought he needed some fresh air. He had been sitting there reading all morning.
When I saw the mess my paper was in, it was obvious that someone read it.
She finally said: "Yes”. He had been asking her to marry him for years.
The manager went down with pneumonia. He had been looking unwell for several days.
He went to see a doctor. He had been feeling ill for several days.
His sister had been living in that place for 5 years when the war broke down.
Mrs Oliver said she had been reading since morning the day before but actually she had been watching her neighbors through binoculars.
She felt chilly after she had been swimming for an hour and a half.
At last I found the book which I had been looking for all day.
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The students are in the Russian Museum.2) Last month they were in the Hermitage. There was an interesting exhibition there.3) In to weeks they will be in the Tretyakov Gallery. They are lucky.4)My father is a teacher.5) He was a pupil twenty years ago.6)I will be a doctor when o grow up.7)My sister will not be at home tomorrow.8)She will be at school tomorrow.9)Will you be at home tomorrow?10) Was your father at work yesterday?11) My sister was ill last week.12)She is not ill now.13)Yesterday we were at the theatre.14) Where is your mother now?-She is in the kitchen.15) Where were you yesterday?- I was at the cinema.16) When I come home tomorrow,all my family will be at home.17) Is your little sister in bed now?- Yes, she is.18) Will you be at school tomorrow?- Yes, I will.19) When my granny was young,she was an actress.20) My friend is in Moscow now.21) He will be in St. Petersburg tomorrow.22) Where are your books now?- They are in my bagRonald Frank is a managing director of the First Bank of Kingsville on Main Street. He is always on a business trip. Yesterday he was in Geneva. Tomorrow he will be in London. Last week he was in Chicago. Next week he will be in New Orleans. At the moment he is in Amsterdam. In two hours he willbe in the Hague. Theree days ago he was in Paris. At the end of his trip he is usually very tired but happy. He is with his family now. His sons are so much excited. They have got new toys from their father. Everybody in the family is very glad to see him at home again.
I was at my grandmathers house and there was swimming in the river ate the pies , walking , helped grandma and played with friends
Потому что это герундий. Иногда перед герундием может стоять предлог, в данном случае "by playing" означает "проигрывая" (деепричастие) или "путем проигрывания".