Example sentences of "been on [noun] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
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| 1 | been on holiday this week . |
| 2 | Nathan must have been on deck all night . |
| 3 | Dance has always been his first love and in recent years he 's been on tour six times with his own company . |
| 4 | I 've been on tablets all night . |
| 5 | Second , the lion 's share of increased welfare spending since the 1960s has been on programmes most people approve of : social security ( pensions ) financed by tax on earnings , and medical insurance for old people ( Medicare ) . |
| 6 | But he has got the sort of acidy sort of alcohol smell on his breath just like you 'd been on spirits all night or whatever , any sort of you know , wine and it 's not a beer sort of smell . |
| 7 | This is Red Rock West ( QFT ) , a beguiling and modest little thriller which delves into the dark and murky emotions lurking underneath the sleepy face of a tiny American town — and it is as good a film noir as has been on show this year . |
| 8 | So David had been on duty this morning , had he ? |
| 9 | You should have been on stage two minutes ago . |