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Hibs had been coasting 6-2 midway through the second half of a chaotic match after Anthony Stokes netted twice to add to Colin Nish's first-half treble and Derek Riordan's effort.

From The Guardian • May 5, 2010

He had been coasting along all too hospitable shores for five years when he turned up as James Gatz's destiny at Little Girl Bay.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

He had been coasting on the hillside, and was aglow from the exercise.

From The Main Chance by Nicholson, Meredith

I said one day, after we had been coasting along the shore southward for about a week.

From Blue Jackets The Log of the Teaser by Handforth, W.B.

It was the first view of the sort since we had left Vardö, and, after the monotonous low land we had been coasting along for months, it was refreshing to see such mountains again.

From Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I by Nansen, Fridtjof