Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv] been on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inspector , but anyhow , now when I went on the detective staff I 'd only been on the force just over three years |
| 2 | I had n't been on the open market for so long . |
| 3 | I had never been on the Upper West Side before , but it still reminded me of something . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've not been on the moon , ’ he added , without any irony , simply as a statement of fact . |
| 5 | It 's unlikely that anybody does it too often , since trippers tend to make skiing an all-day outing , but I 've often been on the beach with people planning a ski trip next day . |
| 6 | I 've never been on the permanent staff . ’ |
| 7 | I 've never been on the course so I 've never had a police dog . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've only been on the Delos once before . |
| 9 | ’ I have n't been on the stage for a long time , so I 'm bound to be as nervous as a kitten before I go on . |
| 10 | An untitled drip painting by Jackson Pollock which has not been on the market since 1949 is estimated at $1–1.5 million ( £666,000–1,000,000 ) and will be the highlight of this sale of contemporary art . |
| 11 | High points of the show are large-format charcoal and red chalk drawings from 1898–99 , a number of landscapes of the area around Worpswede , and a horizontal format variation on the theme of ‘ Child Blowing a Horn ’ , which has not been on the market since the 1930s . |
| 12 | He told the magistrates the licence was for a car which had not been on the road for nine months . |
| 13 | The words " liberty " and " slavery " which had frequently been on the lips of the Bristol slavery abolitionists were taken up by the crowds , and the weakness of both mayor and military left the mob free to do much as it wished . |
| 14 | EXPERTS are questioning the value of home-cholesterol testing kits which have now been on the market for six months . |
| 15 | to get up to the thirty five mile an hour you got ta go through all the five gears so you 're forever pa going like that erm and that made it worse so that last fortnight she has n't been on the bike and that last weekend when she went out she went because we was busy , she got her bike out and she went up to work one or two of her mates and then come home she said she 'd wished she had n't of gone up |
| 16 | She 'd even been on the local TV news for it and it had done wonders for business . |
| 17 | But she had only been on the mountain for two hours , three at the most . |
| 18 | How much more able to make that judgement were those colleagues who had already been on the board for seven years or more ? ’ |
| 19 | It was opened immediately by Pigdon , who had evidently been on the watch for them . |
| 20 | Rosenthal , who had only been on the field 15 minutes , made Barlow pay in full for his wastefulness yet Liverpool should not have had to wait so long to get their noses in front . |
| 21 | Payton who had only been on the field for six minutes put Celtic further ahead in the 66th minute when he accepted a left wing pass from Collins to shoot low into the net from six yards . |
| 22 | ‘ I did n't know you had ever been on the stage . ’ |
| 23 | You have n't been on the receiving end of Doreen 's barbs , but if they pierce Ling 's skin to the extent of causing him to leave your service you can put a ring round the fact that there will be … definite disruption . |
| 24 | Yeah , I know you do , I said , I said you have n't been on the bus already ? |
| 25 | Tealtaoich said , ‘ You have always been on the side of justice , Trees ; come with us and fight with us and for us , as you have done in the past . ’ |
| 26 | My dear , we 've just been on the most shattering binge in North Africa . ’ |
| 27 | We 've never been to station , d' ya know we 've never been on the slope and I 've , I 've |
| 28 | So on the royal dockyard there has been quite a number ah , of rumours circulating this conference this morning , there has also been on the television and the radio , statements by one Gordon . |
| 29 | Because they have n't been on the market for long , it 's not possible to say how well they 'll stand the test of time . |
| 30 | He added : ‘ I 'm astounded he has not been on the fringe of the Dutch team . ’ |