Example sentences of "they have been [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | All she could recollect was that she 'd been amazed to find that they 'd been born on practically the same day in August : she on the sixth , and he on the eighth . |
| 2 | They 'd been typed on an old portable with a faded ribbon , so badly laid out that it was obvious Diane was no typist . |
| 3 | My father , old but gritty , glamorous in the eyes of the class of '68 , a South London wide boy with an authentic background , described his grandfather 's funeral , about 1912 , when a whole other family , wife , children , grandchildren , turned up out of the blue from somewhere further down the line where they 'd been established on the navvy 's journey north . |
| 4 | No they 're not but they 've been getting on all right really . |
| 5 | ‘ They 've been feeding on waste from the labs . |
| 6 | And for the last 3 days , they 've been living on the food they 'd planned to give to the children . |
| 7 | They 've been focusing on the relationship between staff and students and so why did you focus on what appears to be the short end of the stick , rather than the major problem ? |
| 8 | I 've got three people working on it right now and they 've been working on it for three years . |
| 9 | They 've been working on farms , it seems . ’ |
| 10 | The students are coming to the end of their additional assessments now : they 've been working on their projects since December . |
| 11 | So they 've been working on modifications and this year , oh we will we 'll put the modifications right and then come back with another sales pitch |
| 12 | They 've been working on Sarah 's today . |
| 13 | But no charges have been brought and they 've been released on police bail . |
| 14 | No charges have been brought , and they 've been released on police bail . |
| 15 | They had been joined on the site by the police marksmen . |
| 16 | When the greetings and exclamations were over , they told me that they had been staying on Mull for a few days , and had just arrived on Moila , and were putting up at the post office with Mrs McDougall . |
| 17 | With Dara once more clinging firmly and rather painfully to her arm she was walked back to the small , intimate table they had been sharing on the edge of the small dance-floor , but Ace was quickly on to his feet , side-stepping Dara 's attempt to greet him with a kiss . |
| 18 | The all-woman crew were bringing the launch in , leaping with fearless agility to the jetty and tying up efficiently , as though they had been born on boats and lived on them all their life . |
| 19 | Critics also argue that , because statements made under the lobby rules mean that they can not be directly attributed to Mr Ingham , his colleagues or Government Ministers , they are less credible than if they had been made on the record . |
| 20 | The two drivers were later charged with dangerous driving , but it was widely suspected that they had been acting on orders . |
| 21 | Reluctantly realizing that major investment from the City was increasingly unlikely , they had been concentrating on the unions and council pension funds . |
| 22 | If they had been working on fruit trees they 'd come in much higher . |
| 23 | Mr Siddle , of Hesleden Avenue , Acklam , Middlesbrough , said they had been working on the operation the previous day and the pipe kept jamming when attempts were made to slot it into place . |
| 24 | It was alleged that at first the railway company denied that they had been travelling on the train at all , and it was indeed suggested that the two children were chance victims of the holocaust and they happened to be wandering by the railway at the time . |
| 25 | At last the evening drew to a close and outdoor clothes were brought down from where they had been laid on beds . |
| 26 | Heaven knew , it had been difficult enough to remain even slightly detached when they had been putting on an act for the benefit of an audience . |
| 27 | They had been fighting on the same side in a war which is often erroneously characterised as an ethnic conflict ; fighting for what the Serb guerrillas call the ‘ Muslim side ’ . |
| 28 | Perhaps they had been loaded on the train many hours before Holly , because they seemed to him to be sleeping when he had first seen them in the darkened carriage . |
| 29 | My clothes hung on me as though they had been draped on a piece of wood . |
| 30 | The prosecution also claims the men produced false alibis , not realising they had been captured on police video at Streetshome on the day of the alleged raid , the case continues . |