Example sentences of "had [adv] been on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The coeliac patients were originally diagnosed according to the procedure recommended by the European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition and had all been on a complete gluten free diet for at least five years and did not present symptoms indicative of active disease . |
| 2 | The remaining five had all been on suspension for about 12 months following an incident which resulted in police and internal disciplinary inquiries . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | That morning she had only been on board a couple of hours before being hauled off by the Customs men . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Hitherto NATO 's naval presence in the Mediterranean had only been on an ad hoc basis . |
| 7 | But she had only been on the mountain for two hours , three at the most . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | A council spokeswoman said the couple had only been on the waiting list for 11 years . |
| 10 | A council spokeswoman said the couple had only been on the waiting list for 11 years . |
| 11 | While on furlough in England my thoughts had naturally been on the new tasks ahead . |
| 12 | Litigants were likely to be neighbours who had long been on hostile terms . |
| 13 | The Pontormo , a Mannerist masterpiece painted in 1537 , belonged to the late Chauncey Stillman and had long been on loan to the Frick collection in New York . |
| 14 | Thus the death in 1751 of the Prince of Wales , who had long been on bad terms with his father , led to a virtual collapse for the time being of all political opposition . |
| 15 | The militia lost heart at this news ; they had already been on duty for a month , and had been treated with extraordinary meanness by the citizens they were defending , who , they complained , ‘ would not even allow straw for the poor men to lay upon ’ while ‘ some were eight , some seven , and all six nights and days under arms upon the walls ’ . |
| 16 | I have been here that long I thought that I had already been on … ‘ |
| 17 | The intention and the vow itself were no cynical charade , for Edward had already been on crusade and shared the piety and the military enthusiasm which impelled so many to the Holy Land . |
| 18 | How much more able to make that judgement were those colleagues who had already been on the board for seven years or more ? ’ |
| 19 | His first job was to start his teams to plough : he had already been on the field the day before to mark out the stetches . |
| 20 | Nathan had not been on enough flights to be anything but excited , and he was going north of the Arctic Circle for the first time . |
| 21 | Horowitz drove back to Freiburg in a philosophical mood — the registration number of Tweed 's Mercedes had not been on the list . |
| 22 | He had not been on duty on the afternoon of the shooting or responsible for any of the aftermath investigations . |
| 23 | He explained that although the lad had not been on the mainline before , he was a good , reliable and sensible lad . |
| 24 | Downing Street sought to explain the decision by saying that it had not been on his diary anyway . |
| 25 | He told the magistrates the licence was for a car which had not been on the road for nine months . |
| 26 | ‘ He was a devoted husband and had not been on holidays for two years , ’ said Liam . |
| 27 | Jesus , Saint Peter and James and John had just been on the mountain top at the site of the transfiguration , a high point in the gospel story , and right on the heels of that they descended into the valley below and there was a crowd with Jesus ' others disciples . |
| 28 | She once reported to Robert Landgrebe , marketing manager , in a voice of genuine shock that she had just been on an aeroplane with three accountants ‘ and do you know , they tried to talk to me about design ’ . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's not every day that someone wanders on to my property and , when charged at by a Dobermann who 'd shot off as I closed the door after us , goes blithely forward and greets it with the words , ‘ Hello , darling ’ , ’ he replied , reminding her , had she forgotten , that , the dog never far from his control outside of the house , he had soon been on the spot to witness events . |
| 30 | Stephanie had always been on the heavy side for her 5 ft 4 ins ( 1.6m ) frame . |