Example sentences of "[conj] they had [be] [v-ing] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the greetings and exclamations were over , they told me that they had been staying on Mull for a few days , and had just arrived on Moila , and were putting up at the post office with Mrs McDougall . |
| 2 | The two drivers were later charged with dangerous driving , but it was widely suspected that they had been acting on orders . |
| 3 | It was alleged that at first the railway company denied that they had been travelling on the train at all , and it was indeed suggested that the two children were chance victims of the holocaust and they happened to be wandering by the railway at the time . |
| 4 | If they had been working on fruit trees they 'd come in much higher . |
| 5 | Heaven knew , it had been difficult enough to remain even slightly detached when they had been putting on an act for the benefit of an audience . |