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Ever since Mrs. Rumsfeld complained that he was dropping $100 a month in the White House mess, Rumsfeld has been lunching on a brown-bagged sandwich brought from home.

From Time Magazine Archive

He has been lunching here and has just gone, as I write, but will transfer himself later to our house, as it has now become unbearable for him at Mrs. Ellsworth's.

From The Second Latchkey by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)

She has been lunching with me, and we are great friends.

From Our Friend the Charlatan by Gissing, George

"The Judge has been lunching in the garden, and is sitting with his coffee beneath the great linden."

From The Lonely House by Streckfuss, Adolph

A Yeomanry major has been lunching with me.

From Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie (commanding 1st Battn. Royal Irish Rifles) Dated November 4th, 1914-March 11th, 1915 by Vere-Laurie, Florence