Example sentences of "been on a [noun] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said Sigsworth had been on a drinking binge for several days before going to the police station . |
| 2 | He 'd been on a management course from which he had returned to speak of God as ‘ the perfect chairman of our meetings . ’ |
| 3 | Having been on a test drive with an observer at a Road Safety Day , I found my driving was in need of an overhaul . |
| 4 | Jack Cartwright and his wife June and their two children Alan , 11 , and Melissa , 13 , had been on a camping holiday in the West Country , but unfortunately everything had gone wrong . |
| 5 | Another incident in the same Shop involved a man who had been on a Government course on turning . |
| 6 | I appreciate that outdoor water is usually cold and , having been on a canoeing course at Plas-y-Brenin some years ago , I know how cold the Conwy is in April . |
| 7 | Hamdan , it was claimed , had been on a PLO mission to Beirut at the time of the bombing . |
| 8 | The women at the sit-in issued the following appeal : ’ On the occasion of International Women 's Day , we , the Palestinian Women have been on a hunger strike since February 23 , 1989 in solidarity with our sons who have been holding hunger strikes in Israeli jails in protest against their inhuman prison conditions . |
| 9 | He and a friend had been on a cycling tour of the Himalayas , when they paid for the papers from a local travel agent . |
| 10 | ‘ Human beings have been on an ego trip for centuries . |
| 11 | Asprey , 5p higher at 290p , is flush with cash and has been on an acquisitions spree in the last 15 months . |
| 12 | I suspect they do n't think I 'd be identified by any of the witnesses or I 'd have been on an identity parade by now , but it just all looks so obvious : it must be me . |