Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] been on [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes that 's how that 's how it was , yes all I was on that gate , I 'd been on that gate myself dozens of times . |
| 2 | Within a week , I received a duplicated form to fill in stating all my details and demanding proof that I had been on that flight . |
| 3 | In Northern Ireland Constable Louis Robinson , an off-duty member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary who had been on sick leave for three years , was kidnapped from a minibus at an IRA roadblock near the border at Killeen , South Armagh , on Sept. 15 . |
| 4 | It was his first encounter with Zhou , director in Hong Kong of the New China News Agency , who had been on sick leave ; it had been billed as a " get to know you " meeting , which would sidestep controversial issues . |
| 5 | Well none of the lads were prepared to take that on , cos we 'd been on this contract with for the last eleven years . |
| 6 | They had been on Christian name terms for some time now . |
| 7 | Many of the girls wanted to ask about domestic details such as rationing , clothes and saying goodbye to boyfriends while the boys frequently said they wanted to interview the men to find out if they had been on active service or if they had killed anyone . |
| 8 | The embalmed corpse of Georgi Dimitrov , Bulgaria 's Communist leader from 1946 until his death in 1949 , was removed on July 18 from the mausoleum in central Sofia where it had been on public display , and was cremated in a private ceremony . |
| 9 | He had been on one knee , but had risen to " attention " and then fallen , expiring without a word or groan , or any valedictory comments whatsoever . |
| 10 | He had been on that motorbike , which was in bits over beside the wall . |
| 11 | When he had been on this diet for ten days he was tested with various foods . |