Example sentences of "have been [v-ing] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Visual contact : this last week McGeechan will have been working on videos , preparing training sessions . |
| 2 | She felt as though , had she been a dog , all her hair would have been standing on end . |
| 3 | ‘ They should have been waiting on Victoria station , checking each train that came in . ’ |
| 4 | If someone had valuables hidden in the hypocaust , he must have been waiting on thorns for the chance to get his hoard away , and baulked all day by staff and visitors wandering around . |
| 5 | An independent manager would have been fighting on behalf of his artist for just such a concession ; but for a manager who owned the record company , that meant arguing against himself . |
| 6 | ‘ What a lovely thing to do , ’ he remarked and , appalled at his patronising tone , told her that her ears should have been burning on Christmas Day . |