Example sentences of "[noun] had [adv] been [v-ing] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | At this period in time Highlander had also been working on a community health program , the broad aim of which was ; |
| 2 | The UKAEA had already been working on two prototypes — a high temperature successor to the AGR ( called the Dragon ) and the Steam Generating Heavy Water Reactor , another uniquely British concept . |
| 3 | That striped blouse had n't been lying on top . |
| 4 | The affected fish had previously been swimming on its head and it spine had become deformed due to its awkward position . |
| 5 | From 1973 the Health Protection and Environment Directorates of the European Commission had also been working on measures to control wastes and ‘ trace ’ substances in water : they adopted a 50mg/litre nitrate limit for the 1980 Directive Relating to the Quality of Water Intended for Human Consumption ( 80/778/EEC ) , which also controls pesticides and metals . |
| 6 | They had been crossing a scree ; there had been many loose stones , and footing was difficult , but surely at that point they had been traversing a gentler slope , and her employer had actually been standing on a flattish stretch of granite when she had fallen . |
| 7 | Franca decided that Alison had probably been drinking on the plane and was already a bit tipsy . |