Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] be on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bonington commented on his experiences at sea : ‘ I am not a natural sailor and found being on a very small boat without exercise very trying . |
| 2 | This time he did n't miss , he shot past Stowell and United were on level terms , amazingly , they almost snatched the lead a minute later when a brilliant save by Stowell denied Simpson once again . |
| 3 | The sexual relationship between the victim and accused was on occasions the focal point of the press coverage . |
| 4 | Given the previous level of set-net effort , however , the population was probably originally much larger , and had been on the decrease for many years , at least since the rapid expansion of set-net use in the mid 1970s . |
| 5 | Wheeler said he had been a member of the force for twelve and a half years and had been on duty on the Docks since last August . |
| 6 | The man was a fellow-American and had been on a tour of European branches for the previous three days . |
| 7 | The agent , a good one , reported that the affair was n't quite as dramatic as first accounts had suggested and had been on a far smaller scale , but that students had definitely been involved and at least one of them appeared badly hurt . |
| 8 | Arthur Skyrne was 59 and had been on the dole for ten years when he joined Roseberry ; now he is site safety officer and one of the directors of the company . |