Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [vb infin] been on " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may have been on the street , or coming out of bed-and-breakfast lodgings . |
| 2 | ‘ They will have a point to prove to me that they should have been on the tour . |
| 3 | So if the law was clear that in those circumstances they should have been on notice and should have therefore watched where the money was going , there would n't have been a problem and are we not saying that legitimate stock lending which I think is what is about is suggesting , if carried on properly on the market , would be all right , but if it immediately goes off market into the back doors and back rooms and people ca n't see what 's going on and the Financial Institutions take part in that , then they are doing something that un undoubtedly is probably going to cause loss to pension funds and should n't there be a clear law which makes them liable in those circumstances . |
| 4 | So if the law was clear that in those circumstances they should have been on notice and should have therefore watched where the money was going , there would n't have been a problem and are we not saying that legitimate stock lending , which I think is what Good is abou is suggesting , if carried on properly on market , would be all right , but if it immediately goes off market into the back doors and back rooms and people ca n't see what 's going on and the financial institutions take part in that , then they are doing something that un undoubtedly is probably going to cause loss to pension funds and should n't there be a clear law which makes them liable in those circumstances . |
| 5 | The Ministry did tell us not to waste effort growing flowers , but somehow one always felt they were not quite as right as they might have been on that one . |
| 6 | Yes , if you can , if you can recognise it , or if you 've got , or if , several members of erm , several students we had when I was on grocery at Camden , we had to , I think it was twenty eight on Saturday afternoon , they might have been on checkouts , well I mean , they 're still scheduled to my , I 'm saying out of that about four of them er , are still working at Camden full-time . |
| 7 | If it had been genuine , they 'd have been on the phone quick enough if we 'd not arrived . |
| 8 | ‘ No , ’ she replied , ‘ if I 'd had black parents to go home to , they would have been on the receiving end of aggro all day long as well . ’ |
| 9 | In a very realistic scenario , nine Mitchells were lined-up on the main runway , much how they would have been on the aircraft carrier UDD Hornet ready for their fateful flight to Tokyo . |