Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] been on [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I 've been on that plane , I have been on that plane
2 I 've been on automatic pilot for 25 years .
3 Since I 've been on this course , I 've been on the bus a few times .
4 I 've been on this circuit for six months now , but I 've been driving cabs for twenty-four years .
5 time and time again they sit on the sidelines saying this is what we think do n't talk to us about it do n't debate it , do n't ask us to think about it , take it or leave it , if you do n't give us what we want we 'll sit back and moan and sulk and they 've played , I think that 's a very irresponsible line they 've played in the five years I 've been on this council and I hope that er again the issue on the next item on the agenda represents a change of heart on their behalf .
6 I 'm hearing things now that I have not heard in fifteen years that I 've been on this County Council and I would suggest erm to Mr that when he 's talking about things that this County Council ought to print , and I think the one suggestion he came up with is very sensible , he could perhaps follow up with a catalogue of those things which he considers need doing that after a hundred years have not been done .
7 I 've been on that plane , I have been on that plane
8 A lady who suffers with a hiatus hernia wrote , ‘ I have had to take Rennies after meals for years but since I have been on this diet I have n't had a Rennie for five weeks !
9 So after you 've finished training , you 're going down to the library , yes , to look up the names of the people luve in Street , and once you 've been on that appointment you 've got to go back to the branch and you 're gon na do your mail shots whatever you 're gon na do , put it in there .
10 ‘ Look , we have been on this world a matter of a few days .
11 Since then they have been on active duty in Aden , Persian Gulf , Malaya , Borneo , Northern Ireland , and Operation Desert Storm in the Gulf .
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