Example sentences of "he [vb past] be [vb pp] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Digging might not be classed as essential training , but he 'd been sent on attachment to learn all about real soldiering . |
| 2 | He 'd been released on bail by Cheltenham magistrates after being charged with raping a twenty year old woman . |
| 3 | He 'd been smashed on booze once or twice , but this was different . |
| 4 | He had been born on Easter Day , surely the most hopeful date in all the year . |
| 5 | Finally , in the early afternoon , he had been summoned on board the tug to try and resolve the ‘ liddle difficulty ’ that had arisen . |
| 6 | He had been killed on board a ship taken by the Moors in the Middle Seas . |
| 7 | Feeling increasingly nervous as his appointment drew near , Morris was ushered into a vast boardroom , where the door was flung open by ‘ a giant of a man who looked as if he had been fed on rum all his life ’ : . |
| 8 | Detained in July 1991 , he had been freed on bail in November and had apparently slipped bail . |
| 9 | He had been put on trial in May 1991 , in what was seen as an attempt to weaken the nationalist opposition . |
| 10 | As soon as the visits to the mental hospital had ended , he had been put on streptomycin and PAS , like several of the younger patients . |
| 11 | He had been released on parole in October 1990 on the grounds of ill-health . |