Example sentences of "and he [verb] be on " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was beginning to get a bit homesick since they 'd stopped travelling and he 'd been on his own . |
| 2 | And he 'd been on our committee for I think it was about about three years was that right ? |
| 3 | The notion of such international co-operation would have been unthinkable even at senior investigator level ; but here the arrangements had been made and he 'd been on a plane within a matter of hours . |
| 4 | One of the managers that come in and he 'd been on holiday for two weeks , but he knew ! |
| 5 | He 's a gem , always full of good humour , and he 's been on a few times , now , but this particular moment was when I noticed in the studio lights a glint of trouser zip . |
| 6 | This was a splendid entrepreneurial venture and he has been on the attack ever since — as a one-man information explosion and the biggest influence on British printing since Caxton . |