Example sentences of "have [been] [v-ing] [adj] on " in BNC.
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1 | The present rendezvous had been riding high on my chart of dreads . |
2 | We discovered later that a crowd of drop-outs had been living rough on the Towers , using local fishing boats to ferry them to and fro . |
3 | It was alleged the car had been doing 50-60mph on the wrong side of the road . |
4 | The springer which had been lying buttered on the floor midway between the two slewed an eye in the direction of Vanessa Dersingham when she spoke . |
5 | The officers believe Elizabeth and Julie had been sunbathing naked on the remote beach , confident they would not be seen . |
6 | Rovers had been feeling better on Monday , November 1 , when the F.A . |
7 | Peter Bateman of Rentokil says there 's a reason for their bad behaviour — they 've been getting drunk on rotten fruit . |
8 | Hundreds of refugees in Srebrenica in eastern eastern Bosnia have been living rough on the streets and eating bread made from corn husks . |
9 | Some of the horses have been living wild on a hillside overlooking the farm . |
10 | Although Common have been riding high on top of division one for the best part of the season , with luck they will not have forgotten their 3–0 home defeat by Alton Bass in October . |
11 | I 've filmed the training sessions where they have been practising collapsing on purpose to cancel out our traditional strength in this department . |