Example sentences of "only [be] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once seated , Denice tells us she 's only been on a blind date once before , and that was years ago . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've only been on the Delos once before . |
| 4 | That morning she had only been on board a couple of hours before being hauled off by the Customs men . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Hitherto NATO 's naval presence in the Mediterranean had only been on an ad hoc basis . |
| 8 | Due to lack of time , contact with Churches has only been on an informal basis . |
| 9 | But she had only been on the mountain for two hours , three at the most . |
| 10 | There has only been on eprevious report of the presence of epoxide hydrolase in normal colonic tissue . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | A council spokeswoman said the couple had only been on the waiting list for 11 years . |
| 14 | A council spokeswoman said the couple had only been on the waiting list for 11 years . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Inspector , but anyhow , now when I went on the detective staff I 'd only been on the force just over three years |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | You get it in the stew you ca n't find it he 's only been on your fur for christ sake |
| 19 | His confidence that God 's existence could be demonstrated from the natural world made him a favourite target for those who felt it could only be on the basis of God 's special revelation of Himself that faith could be justified . |
| 20 | This lack of interest may only be on the part of one partner . |
| 21 | Otherwise , rejection may only be on the ground of infringement of ‘ sovereignty or security ’ ; neither a claim to exclusive jurisdiction by the state of destination over the subject-matter with which the document deals , nor the fact that no cause of action would exist under the law of that state is a proper ground for rejection . |
| 22 | If he is liable to the plaintiffs at all it can only be on the basis of professional negligence . |
| 23 | In the Daily Mail , Pamella 's story became the tale of a ‘ sickeningly self-obsessed , utterly immoral and unashamedly amoral … call-girl ’ , ‘ an avaricious , manipulative woman with a beautiful face … a pathetic figure whose life can now only be on a downward slope . ’ |
| 24 | This does not mean that the focus should only be on short-term objectives , or that the government should adopt a highly-prescriptive approach in deciding what to fund . |
| 25 | ‘ Perhaps we can cheer him up with the news that he 'll only be on the ward for a couple of days . |
| 26 | Er sometimes that has been known and it would be right to , for a youngster to sort of through their mother and father to take it back and say well look er can we have another one , but that would only be on a rare occasion , but if we 're given an assignment in the congregation then , especially in a |