Example sentences of "have been drinking [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They knew she 'd been drinking on the way in . |
| 2 | She 'd been drinking with friends . |
| 3 | One Saturday night he 'd been drinking in front of the telly when he decided to phone Sheila 's place . |
| 4 | I 'd just turned on to York Way when I spotted the two city gents who 'd been drinking in the pub . |
| 5 | At this time of the evening they 'd have been drinking for an hour . |
| 6 | It 's thought they may have been drinking in this pub on Wellingborough road earlier in the evening . |
| 7 | A thud of chopping — movement between the tree trunks — a labourer was coming towards him , one of the consignment of convicts he had ordered through a merchant in Bideford , he had his machete in his hand , he was not menacing , he held out his spare hand in a strange appeal , lifting his face , which was crossed by deep scars , wounds across his eyes had puckered them right in so that he moved like a blind sleeper , closer and closer — Sir John woke up sweating , surprised to find himself alone , and then remembered : he had been drinking with his cousin Alexander Menzies of Bolfracks , the last bottle must have sent him under . |
| 8 | Bream , who had been adopted by Mrs Margaret Bream before she married the guitarist , had been drinking with friends at local pubs on the day of the killing . |
| 9 | She claimed she and the murdered girl had been drinking with the old man , and that he had killed her friend , but the old man was acquitted and McLachlan was sentenced to hang . |
| 10 | Then Candy brought forward a witness who assured police he had been drinking with the prisoner in the Star , another central Reading public house , at the time of the murder . |
| 11 | Among them was John Ingram , who said that he and others had been drinking with Drew at 1.35pm that lunchtime , and that Drew had mentioned going to Cross Street to get a paper . |
| 12 | A conviction ensued where the supervisor had been drinking with the driver who was seen to swerve from side to side ( Crampton v Fish ( 1969 ) , 113 SJ 1003 ) . |
| 13 | Corporal Stephen Paterson had been drinking with his friend , Senior Aircraftsman Douglas Bailey , before the catastrophic fire at RAF Hullavington . |
| 14 | Jagatan raised himself on one elbow , and Burun guessed that he had been drinking for most of the afternoon . |
| 15 | They had been drinking for the best part of an hour but none were drunk . |
| 16 | A few years ago , I heard of a consultant surgeon who had been drinking on duty for 20 years . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Tenants ' association club on the Sparrow Farm estate … it is alleged that people who had been drinking at the club attacked the family in the off-licence opposite PHOTOGRAPHS : KENNETH SAUNDERS Bitter questions of racial violence Ramesh K and his family were hounded out of their Feltham off-licence by 18 months of abuse and attacks , during which time they became pawns in a battle between the local council , the police and two rival race relations bodies . |
| 19 | The group had been drinking at a nearby pub in Uckington , Glos . |
| 20 | Smith said that some of the reporters had been drinking before getting down to the job of covering the fight ; Hearn is considering litigation . |
| 21 | Crowther told Darlington magistrates he had been drinking before a football match several hours before he was stopped by police . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | I had been drinking in a bar with the sub-editor , who had become a friend . |
| 25 | He had been drinking in the St Heliers Tavern , got into a fight , and was last seen out side . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | There is a story that two painters had been drinking until dawn and , on hearing the news of the occupation on the radio , went out and found themselves an inspector of police . |
| 29 | The judge : ‘ As well as being rude , you have been drinking during court time . ’ |
| 30 | 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 . |