Example sentences of "or [pers pn] have been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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1 | It reminded Jane of one of the Professor Branestawm stories she had read as a child in which the characters were photographs come alive , each repeating , over and over again , the sentence he or she had been saying at the moment the photograph was taken . |
2 | Not allowing yourself or your children to be passengers in a car if the driver is the primary sufferer and he or she has been drinking . |
3 | He or she has been eating a very large quantity of food and has recently embarked on a calorie-counting slimming programme . |
4 | An elderly person has very delicate skin ; and if he or she has been lying or sitting in bed all day , they may develop pressure sores on the bony parts of the body — the base of the spine , the heels , the elbows or on the shoulders . |
5 | It may be that he or she has been working quietly away in the background or it could be a single , dramatic act of true heroism in harrowing circumstances that we hear about but often goes unrewarded . |
6 | Sir John Menzies had a recurrent dream , especially on the nights when his young wife would not have him in the bed beside her , or he had been drinking late , and he slept in the side bedroom , which was tall and narrow with two pistols perched on nails in the wall . |
7 | Either he has just woken up or he has been grinding his face into his pillow . |