Example sentences of "had been [adv prt] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dahabeeyah had moored for the night and the three girls had been up on the top deck enjoying the evening breeze . |
| 2 | The squadron had been out on a practice bombing exercise and J. had been driving round the perimeter track that afternoon , inspecting the bomb bays of returned aircraft , and came back to park his vehicle in one of the empty hangars . |
| 3 | In the meantime the others had been out on the track and found the footprints of the Friar and the distinctive mark of his staff . |
| 4 | This particular day Tom Smith had been out on the drink the previous night and now had a sore head and a filthy mood on him . |
| 5 | He had been out on the streets all day and his face was running with sweat . |
| 6 | Nobody , least of all the press corps plane-spotting outside Incirlik air base , believed the first official tale : that the waves of American aircraft returning with their bomb pods empty had been off on a training exercise . |
| 7 | This original small port and fishing village had been down on the marshes adjoining the Rother , not far from Rye , and given to Fécamp Abbey by Cnut . |