Example sentences of "been on [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other odd thing , she realised , was that they 'd never been on holiday to France . |
| 2 | Even then he had a special devotion to subterranean tracks and as the train came to the Wellington tunnel ( he and his parents had been on holiday to Cornwall that summer ) he began letting out a series of long drawn-out hooting sounds . |
| 3 | She has already been on holiday to Portugal and is looking forward to moving to Cambridge to be near her daughters and grandchildren . |
| 4 | She has been on holiday in Dorset ( with a friend who lives there ) , and in Shropshire and in Kent . |
| 5 | We had been on holiday in Scotland and I was doing the washing on the Monday when suddenly a huge black cloud seemed to descend — a mass of fear , anxiety and utter depression . ’ |
| 6 | Mr Stevenson had been on holiday in Wales , and he had been exploring our beautiful mountains and valleys . |
| 7 | The rail tanker , which had been on route from Ince to Sellafield , was quickly moved into sidings while fire crews and specialists from Kemira , who were transporting the nitric acid , were called in . |
| 8 | The rail tanker , which had been on route from Ince to Sellafield , was quickly moved into sidings while fire crews and specialists from Kemira , who were transporting the nitric acid , were called in . |
| 9 | But even for him there 's a thrill playing with bands who 've been on top for quarter of a century |
| 10 | His nerves had been on hold for days . |
| 11 | NHL president John Ziegler announced the players , who had been on strike since April 1 , had accepted a final offer and would return to work this weekend . |
| 12 | NHL president John Ziegler announced the players , who had been on strike since April 1 , had accepted a final offer and would return to work this weekend . |
| 13 | The mineworkers had been on strike since Nov. 30 , demanding pay rises of 300-600 per cent . |
| 14 | Already since April 11 railway workers in western Georgia and dockers at the Black Sea ports had been on strike in protest at the presence of Soviet troops in the troubled South Ossetia region . |
| 15 | Many of Britain 's civil servants have been on strike in protest at what they see as moves towards privatisation which they believe could cost them their jobs . |
| 16 | He has recently been on location in Switzerland filming Richard Attenborough 's movie about the life of Charlie Chaplin . |
| 17 | I have been on location around America rather than Hollywood . |
| 18 | When John Thelwall , a well-known democrat and agitator , who had recently been on trial for treason , happened to call and then decided to stay for some time , the strange community fell under suspicion . |
| 19 | Philson has also been on trial with Spurs and is interesting Rangers and Manchester United . |
| 20 | The pair are Yugoslavian midfielder Vlado Bozinoski , who has been on trial at Portman Road , and Bulgarian international striker Bentcho Geuntchev . |
| 21 | The pair are Yugoslavian Australian midfielder Vlado Bozinoski , who has been on trial at Portman Road , and Bulgarian international striker Bentcho Geuntchev . |
| 22 | Liverpool have been putting hard-tackling left-back Stig Bjorbye through his paces at Anfield , while members of Norway 's Under-21 side who beat England last month have been on trial at Leeds , Sheffield United , Oldham and Forest . |
| 23 | Jobless Wells had been on trial since Monday charged with murdering 64-year-old Vincent McGuire , his neighbour at a council-run hostel in central London 's Covent Garden last December . |
| 24 | Metering has been on trial in England and Wales for the past two years , to assess whether it is a serious option as a basis for domestic charges from the year 2000 — when the present charging system based on the rateable value of your house is due to be scrapped . |
| 25 | Ransom , deputy director of Warwickshire SSD , has been on secondment to Dudley since September . |
| 26 | Looking beyond the confines of the EC , Jon Lester , a member of the company 's eastern Europe group who has been on secondment in Berlin , Bratislava and Budapest , gave an informed overview of publishing in the region , touching on areas of opportunity , support for foreign trade , and possibilities for foreign investment . |
| 27 | Market specialists are convinced that at least three major deals , having been on ice for months , are now all set to roll , helping S G Warburg rise 64 to 538p , Hambros add 22 to 238p and Kleinwort Benson gain 19 to 238p . |
| 28 | Had they been on deposit in US domestic banks , then naturally such a course of action would be open to them . |
| 29 | Of the over three hundred entries , 30 short-listed by the assessors have been on display in Glasgow 's Princes Square , and are being shown at the RIBA in London until 3 March . |
| 30 | Vouchers for kcs1,000 ( about US$34 ) , enabling the citizen to choose companies in which to purchase shares , had been on sale since Oct. 1 , and the list of enterprises to be privatized was available on Nov. 20 . |