Example sentences of "have [been] drinking in " in BNC.
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| 1 | One Saturday night he 'd been drinking in front of the telly when he decided to phone Sheila 's place . |
| 2 | I 'd just turned on to York Way when I spotted the two city gents who 'd been drinking in the pub . |
| 3 | It 's thought they may have been drinking in this pub on Wellingborough road earlier in the evening . |
| 4 | On several occasions , people who had been drinking in the Sparrow Farm tenants ' association club opposite the shop left the club and attacked the Ks , both inside the off-licence and , sometimes , as they left after closing for the night . |
| 5 | Palmer had noticed that something was wrong with the water , even before taking the sample , and volunteered the opinion ( subsequently confirmed ) that cattle had been drinking in it upstream . |
| 6 | I had been drinking in a bar with the sub-editor , who had become a friend . |
| 7 | He had been drinking in the St Heliers Tavern , got into a fight , and was last seen out side . |
| 8 | In mitigation Duncan Smith said Stevenson and his friend had been drinking in a pub and decided to take a car to get back home . |
| 9 | They had been drinking in the local dockyard club in the company of Maddison and his fiancee , Deborah Scott , 29 , and all four had left together . |
| 10 | In addition , many governments have extended legislation to other areas , for example , laws which permit police to use a breathalyser test to detect and detain drivers who have been drinking in excess of the alcohol limit . |
| 11 | Already there have been reports of ticket forging and some Wolves fans have been drinking in the city since lunchtime . |
| 12 | I think he 's been drinking in the pub cos I can smell it on his breath . |