Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [verb] been drinking " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd just turned on to York Way when I spotted the two city gents who 'd been drinking in the pub . |
| 2 | Tenants ' association club on the Sparrow Farm estate … it is alleged that people who had been drinking at the club attacked the family in the off-licence opposite PHOTOGRAPHS : KENNETH SAUNDERS Bitter questions of racial violence Ramesh K and his family were hounded out of their Feltham off-licence by 18 months of abuse and attacks , during which time they became pawns in a battle between the local council , the police and two rival race relations bodies . |
| 3 | On several occasions , people who had been drinking in the Sparrow Farm tenants ' association club opposite the shop left the club and attacked the Ks , both inside the off-licence and , sometimes , as they left after closing for the night . |
| 4 | Another recent item in he BMJ ( vol 284 , p 791 ) , for example , concerned an unhappy lady who had been drinking Dettol for at least 10 years in order to ‘ purify ’ herself . |
| 5 | Being let down by friends or a lack of public transport not only encouraged drink-driving , it also led young people to accept lifts from friends who had been drinking . |
| 6 | A few years ago , I heard of a consultant surgeon who had been drinking on duty for 20 years . |
| 7 | Who had been drinking rum without telling me ? |
| 8 | The highest count in the alcohol group was 14.8% in a chronic alcoholic aged 49 years who had been drinking heavily since the age of 15 years . |
| 9 | A STABLE lad who had been drinking all day took a colleague 's car and smashed it through a wall . |
| 10 | A MOTORCYCLIST who had been drinking and was doing 122mph when stopped by police on the M9 near Linlithgow , was fined £350 and banned from driving for three years at Linlithgow Sheriff Court yesterday . |
| 11 | In addition , many governments have extended legislation to other areas , for example , laws which permit police to use a breathalyser test to detect and detain drivers who have been drinking in excess of the alcohol limit . |
| 12 | RESEARCHERS in Texas may have found a way of reducing brain damage in road accident victims who have been drinking excessively . |
| 13 | The terrible toll of road deaths is heavily weighted by the number of drivers who have been drinking . |
| 14 | anyone who 's been drinking all afternoon if you want to er , wander across |
| 15 | Albin 's work has been spurred by the large number of road accident victims admitted to the hospital at the Health Science Center , many of whom have been drinking . |