Example sentences of "had [be] [v-ing] [noun prp] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had been seeing Molly on and off for about six months . |
| 2 | ‘ Antonia told me she had been watching Mellor on TV in the run up to the General Election and said she had suddenly been taken over by this incredible desire for him and that she badly wanted to meet him . |
| 3 | But all she saw was slow , repeated , stumbling , coughing killings at which she retched in a very conventional English animal-loving way , which upset Monsieur Grimaud , who was an aficionado , and had been lecturing Frederica on the provenance and meaning of that word . |
| 4 | The 21-year-old student had been visiting Southport on her return to Munich after watching the TT races in the Isle of Man . |
| 5 | I accept that erm and of course he 's dealing with it , approaching it from the basis that that factual issue is one she 's resolved in favour of the plaintiff erm it may be that there 's very little issue between us , it may be that the defendant would concede if your Lordship were to find that er the plaintiff had been asking Mr on several occasions to get him out of the contract , it may be conceded , I know not . |