Example sentences of "he [verb] be on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He has been on sick leave for more than three months during which Avon County Council has been inquiring into phone calls said to have been made from his Bristol office to soft-porn ‘ adult ’ 0898 numbers .
2 He had been on one knee , but had risen to " attention " and then fallen , expiring without a word or groan , or any valedictory comments whatsoever .
3 He had been on that motorbike , which was in bits over beside the wall .
4 He smiled ; he had been on intimate terms with death for a long while , it had no terrors for him .
5 When he had been on this diet for ten days he was tested with various foods .
6 " He 's been on three legs for a couple o' days .
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