Example sentences of "[noun prp] had been [v-ing] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | She knew how Donna had been banking on one of the boys being a good match , and it seemed neither of them were . |
| 2 | Fanshawe had been lying on his face and the fire had scarcely touched him . |
| 3 | Erm yes erm well at the ti at first I could only move my head , but when I went on that holiday , St Giles had been working on me with nerve machines and muscle machines |
| 4 | Graham had been working on his yacht , the Sea Eagle , during a break on a long sailing trip , when he suffered an electric shock . |
| 5 | On the evidence before the learned judge , it was plain that Wickes had been trading on Sundays and intended to continue doing so in the future unless restrained by the court ; and it was common ground between the parties that Wickes ' Sunday trading was in breach of section 47 unless that section had been rendered ineffective by article 30 of the Treaty . |
| 6 | Mr Eaton and colleague Ron Siddle had been working on sea fasteners , fixed to the barge to stop the module moving . |
| 7 | The Scarabae had been preying on her mind , as in patches they always did , and so she had conjured up the memory to fit a stranger . |
| 8 | Erika remembered the Watchword Omi had been reading on the day when Karl had come . |
| 9 | Quinn had been doodling on a pad . |
| 10 | Jack and Dieter had stated quite clearly that Alain Gebrec had been lying on the rocks below the belvedere . |
| 11 | Later she wondered what Brian had been doing on the towpath , forgetting that his favourite restaurant commanded a view of the canal . |
| 12 | Though it did not appear until relatively late in his life , Locke had been working on the Essay since about 1660 . |
| 13 | Anne had been dwelling on this , even as the queen-dowager , together with the prince , princesses and Joan , waited with a mixture of feelings — hope , doubt , impatience and irritation — for her reply . |
| 14 | But as it was no longer where she had left it , then it must have done , unless someone had shot into Rose Cottage and stolen it while Cassie had been sitting on the loo . |
| 15 | Up to this time Jones had been concentrating on his muon work for which the DOE had been providing the funding . |
| 16 | Cormack had been swinging on the bar stool , fingering his wallet because Amanda 's appetite for food and drink had made his credit cards nervous , when he 'd seen the man in the raincoat in reception and the beer had spilled over his hand and left wet stains on the varnish for the boy to polish away . |
| 17 | In the apartment Sam Somerville had been dozing on the couch , once so favoured by Quinn , because it was right next to the flash phone . |
| 18 | The Walther Devlin had been holding on his knee appeared above the table now and he fired again , shooting Eggar through the right hand . |
| 19 | On her return , Michel had been waiting on the platform with a gun in his hand but could not bring himself to shoot . |
| 20 | The train had halted for a full five minutes on the western side of West Acton and all that time Dean had been lying on the roof in the rain . |
| 21 | Before he answered it she slipped in a question about the length of time Shildon had been working on the assignment . |
| 22 | The witness said Gary had been swinging on the metal posts on May 11 when they collapsed on his chest . |
| 23 | Mr Fraser had been walking on the moors with his wife and daughter when he was taken ill at about 5.30pm on Sunday . |
| 24 | If Mitzi had been sitting on the lilac branch with the squirrel yesterday ( and at this point her thoughts brought a smile to Elisabeth 's face ) , she would have overheard much to have kept her mind and tongue engaged . … |
| 25 | It was the suit Sir Henry had been wearing on the morning when we first met him in Baker Street . |
| 26 | Miguel had been sitting on the balcony staring out across the valley . |
| 27 | He asked what Angela Morgan had been drawing on every month and found his belief confirmed . |
| 28 | Two days later , the most beautiful bloom burst forth which appeared to mimic a flow 3D diagram Margaret had been producing on her computer ! |
| 29 | Clearly Leopold had been interceding on Wolfgang 's behalf , in the hope of getting him home and back under his jurisdiction as soon as possible . |