Example sentences of "he have been [v-ing] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clint says he has been sitting on the story of Unforgiven for 15 years waiting to grow into the part but denies that this could be the last time he saddles up and rides off into the sunset . |
| 2 | ‘ He has been playing on the right side and doing very well , ’ said Bingham who has always been a Black admirer . |
| 3 | Now she realised he 'd been hovering on the verges of her thoughts , just waiting for an opportunity to pounce . |
| 4 | He 'd met Romano de Sciorto through researching the book he 'd been planning on the history of the islands . |
| 5 | The first arrivals were coming out of Customs now : two middle-aged couples , a crowd of kids who looked like students , a family with four children and grandma , a man who looked as if he had been drinking on the plane , his collar undone and his tie hanging . |
| 6 | Rafiq , for example , who had not changed out of the grubby overalls that he had been wearing on the day of Robert 's interview , seemed to spend most of his time painting the walls of his classroom . |
| 7 | He was wearing the crumpled suit he had been wearing on the day Robert first saw him in the pub . |
| 8 | He had been sitting on the cart since early morning and all he had to show for scouring the streets was an old tin bath that he had found on some wasteground , a couple of sacks of rags and one or two pieces of old iron . |
| 9 | When one complainant alleged that he had been sitting in the Common Bench while the complainant had had his proper challenges to jurors refused , the auditors of complaints simply accepted his statement that he had been sitting on the bench not as a justice but as a well-wisher of the complainant 's opponent ( the prior of Sempringham ) . |
| 10 | He slowly straightened to his full height and she realised he had been sitting on the bed leaning over her . |
| 11 | He had been walking on the riverbank observing a high tide . |
| 12 | He had been playing on the terrace , but he clambered to his feet and , yelling , ‘ Mo ’ car , ’ hurtled down the drive as fast as his little legs would carry him . |
| 13 | After all , he had been working on the theory for twenty years , and did not want to see himself scooped by an outsider . |
| 14 | Local people said he had been working on the site for two years and was very popular with them . |
| 15 | He had been meditating on the parricidal theme which runs through Dymer since he was a pupil of Kirkpatrick 's . |
| 16 | He 's been sitting on the bench for the last hour and has never once taken his eyes off the shop . |