Example sentences of "[adv] been on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Slim women — or those who have successfully been on a diet — often feel deeply disheartened by the fact that diet and exercise alone do not seem to improve these problem areas . |
| 2 | Because of its size it has rarely been on view there this century . |
| 3 | Dr Kallman has since been on another field trip to this area and is able to confirm the widespread range of this species throughout most of the small tributaries of the Rio Coatzacoalcos , and eastwards from Sarabia . |
| 4 | Once seated , Denice tells us she 's only been on a blind date once before , and that was years ago . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've only been on the Delos once before . |
| 7 | That morning she had only been on board a couple of hours before being hauled off by the Customs men . |
| 8 | If we have only been on cover for a short time and it is clear that the majority of the damage occurred before we came on cover , the claim should be referred to the previous insurers . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Hitherto NATO 's naval presence in the Mediterranean had only been on an ad hoc basis . |
| 11 | Due to lack of time , contact with Churches has only been on an informal basis . |
| 12 | But she had only been on the mountain for two hours , three at the most . |
| 13 | There has only been on eprevious report of the presence of epoxide hydrolase in normal colonic tissue . |
| 14 | The updated Accord has only been on sale in Britain for six weeks , but already Honda 's well ahead of its target of three and a half thousand sold by Christmas . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | A council spokeswoman said the couple had only been on the waiting list for 11 years . |
| 17 | A council spokeswoman said the couple had only been on the waiting list for 11 years . |
| 18 | Struggling to make himself heard above the chants of the crowd , the manager said : ‘ I have only been on Teesside for ten months , but thank you for making it memorable so far . |
| 19 | Inspector , but anyhow , now when I went on the detective staff I 'd only been on the force just over three years |
| 20 | SINBAD has been cleaning the windows in Channel 4 's Brookside since 1984 , although he has only been on a regular contract for the last two years . |
| 21 | You get it in the stew you ca n't find it he 's only been on your fur for christ sake |
| 22 | While on furlough in England my thoughts had naturally been on the new tasks ahead . |
| 23 | Litigants were likely to be neighbours who had long been on hostile terms . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Reform of the rating system has long been on the political agenda . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | To date , new services have all been on lines owned by Rail Freight — so they currently pay infrastructure costs which would otherwise fall to county councils . ’ |
| 28 | Governments , military strategists , thousands of scientists , millions of dollars of time and research budgets have all been on a wild goose chase . |
| 29 | So far , it 's all been on your terms . |
| 30 | 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 . |