Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] had [be] [v-ing] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | When it broke daylight the next morning he found he had been fishing on a sandbar which shallowed up twenty yards out . |
| 2 | Imagine you had been living on bread and water for three years and then someone put a large bowl of cherries on the table in front of you . |
| 3 | He slowly straightened to his full height and she realised he had been sitting on the bed leaning over her . |
| 4 | Mr Siddle , of Hesleden Avenue , Acklam , Middlesbrough , said they had been working on the operation the previous day and the pipe kept jamming when attempts were made to slot it into place . |
| 5 | A site has yet to be secured — although the Mountain View , California-based company said it had been working on the plans for some 18 months — and a choice will be announced within 60 days , according to Sun 's chief financial officer , Kevin Melia . |
| 6 | Local people said he had been working on the site for two years and was very popular with them . |