Example sentences of "[vb past] only [be] on " 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 | True , he had only been on the periphery , a bit-part player who could usefully be dragooned into secondary roles when a little muscle was required . |
| 3 | That morning she had only been on board a couple of hours before being hauled off by the Customs men . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Hitherto NATO 's naval presence in the Mediterranean had only been on an ad hoc basis . |
| 6 | But she had only been on the mountain for two hours , three at the most . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | A council spokeswoman said the couple had only been on the waiting list for 11 years . |
| 9 | A council spokeswoman said the couple had only been on the waiting list for 11 years . |