Example sentences of "been [v-ing] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was clear that Thomas Grenfell had made more than his share of mistakes , it seemed that The Fine Leather Trading Company had been overspending on labour and without the expected turnover in goods moved and sold . |
| 2 | Shaking off the nostalgia that threatened to overwhelm her , she went to the window and threw it open , startling a tiny robin that had been resting on the sill . |
| 3 | The Bishop , the Right Reverend Peter Ball , has been resting on orders of the Archbishop of Canterbury , since being questioned by police before Christmas . |
| 4 | I did n't need a pee because I 'd been pissing on the Poles during the day , infecting them with my scent and power . |
| 5 | But over the last twenty years a ‘ new long-stay ’ population has been accumulating on acute psychiatric wards . |
| 6 | Crews and owners had been reflecting on how best to continue to operate in the Gulf . |
| 7 | His expression was severe and disapproving as if he 'd just been sucking on a slice of lemon . |
| 8 | Two days later , the most beautiful bloom burst forth which appeared to mimic a flow 3D diagram Margaret had been producing on her computer ! |
| 9 | It was raining when Patrick Montgomery Lundy , followed by Jane Bradley , stepped onto Irish soil , and he suddenly remembered his mother telling him that it had been raining on the day she had first come to Ireland , in the May of 1898 . |
| 10 | He has been competing on wheels for some 28 years . |
| 11 | John Mercer [ q.v. ] persuaded him to contact William Gossage [ q.v. ] , who had been experimenting on similar lines , and in 1859 Hargreaves joined Gossage 's soap works . |
| 12 | He asked what Angela Morgan had been drawing on every month and found his belief confirmed . |
| 13 | The cursor will be returned to its original size and moved to a point just outside where the highlight had been depending on the key tapped . |
| 14 | He could have been walking on another planet The flat , moonlight illuminated landscape , interrupted by large and small pools of bright water seemed unreal . |
| 15 | He had been walking on the riverbank observing a high tide . |
| 16 | Mr Fraser had been walking on the moors with his wife and daughter when he was taken ill at about 5.30pm on Sunday . |
| 17 | She remembers that she had been knocking on doors for years to be given a chance to act and had been practically laughed out of town . |
| 18 | Dealing Team , who has been knocking on the door at Hackney , should prove too strong for her rivals on Tuesday 's BAGS card . |
| 19 | I 've been knocking on doors the other night there . |
| 20 | People had gone up to a house and been knocking on the door waiting for someone to come because the light had come on and they thought there must be somebody in because they switched the light on when they saw me come up the drive , and these are visitors . |
| 21 | She 's the sort of filly who deserves a big race win for she has been knocking on the door all season . |
| 22 | She 's the sort of filly who deserves a big race win for she has been knocking on the door all season . |
| 23 | Police announced that youths posing as charity collectors have been knocking on doors in Liverpool asking for money for the James Bulger Appeal . |
| 24 | Abso , absolutely , you see because if you take — last year we had er one of our winners er a lady called Liz Harris , who 's been knocking on the door and trying to get established as a writer for years and years and years . |
| 25 | Alec and I had been climbing on his right-hand side . |
| 26 | Bosses at Toys R Us , which has been opening on Sundays for more than a year , say the extra day is a definite boost to sales . |
| 27 | Will my right hon. Friend join me in condemning the supermarkets that have recently been opening on Sundays ? |
| 28 | The theatrical aspect was maintained to the end when it was revealed that the stranger had , in fact , been bidding on behalf of Dunlop . |
| 29 | Winnie , you have been , you have been , you have been cheating on me . |
| 30 | No , I have not , I have been cheating on you . |