Example sentences of "[vb infin] [been] [v-ing] on [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had thought they were at least speaking to one another privately , but if Jim had really sworn an affidavit he must have been listening on another telephone . |
| 2 | He could have been walking on another planet The flat , moonlight illuminated landscape , interrupted by large and small pools of bright water seemed unreal . |
| 3 | There was no law , strictly speaking , against experimenting , although considering the stage which Alexei 's trials had reached , it was clear that he must have been working on this for some time . |
| 4 | Additionally , the fact that this part of the movement was written out by Leopold suggests that Mozart may have been working on another part of the symphony while his father was copying the part that already existed . |
| 5 | Because Edith now Edith was going away for some unknown reason , I do n't know , she must have been going on another holiday anyhow . |
| 6 | I think he must have been putting on all that business with his ankle , just to gain sympathy . ’ |
| 7 | So why the population should have been growing on this scale I think is er a question that we ca n't answer very easily . |