Example sentences of "[verb] been on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh that 's not so bad you see I 've been on holiday all last week |
| 2 | erm , you know , with preparation beforehand I would normally have , have realized that , and anything else would 've been on top of it . |
| 3 | Ransom , deputy director of Warwickshire SSD , has been on secondment to Dudley since September . |
| 4 | Looking beyond the confines of the EC , Jon Lester , a member of the company 's eastern Europe group who has been on secondment in Berlin , Bratislava and Budapest , gave an informed overview of publishing in the region , touching on areas of opportunity , support for foreign trade , and possibilities for foreign investment . |
| 5 | A a to be fair Steve Steve has been on standby has n't he ? |
| 6 | The Hercules transport aircraft , which has been on standby for the past two days will fly to the Croatian capital Zagreb . |
| 7 | While much of the focus in this chapter has been on manufacturing where the reliance on small producers is relatively unusual among advanced economies , the small firm is dominant in many other sectors . |
| 8 | More recently the focus has been on literature which might be thought of as racially damaging . |
| 9 | This is not because language production is an unimportant aspect of language processing , but simply because almost all the research into normal adult language use has been on comprehension rather than production . |
| 10 | Captain Paul Denning , 31 , has been on exchange with the US Marine Corps from his base at Yeovilton , Somerset , for a year . |
| 11 | She has been on holiday in Dorset ( with a friend who lives there ) , and in Shropshire and in Kent . |
| 12 | PRINCE Charles has been on holiday in the South of France with a beautiful physiotherapist . |
| 13 | A VARIED selection of veteran and vintage aircraft have appeared on the register within the past few months and include the former Warbirds of Great Britain P–63A Kingcobra which has been on rebuild to flying condition at Duxford for some time for The Fighter Collection . |
| 14 | So our emphasis has been on cost reduction and internal quality issues . |
| 15 | The Bishop of Gloucester , the right reverend Peter Ball , has been on rest leave since he was first interviewed by police in December . |
| 16 | The emphasis in schools has been on computer science and CAL . |
| 17 | It has been on trial at nine branches and no decision has been made about whether to extend the service . |
| 18 | Metering has been on trial in England and Wales for the past two years , to assess whether it is a serious option as a basis for domestic charges from the year 2000 — when the present charging system based on the rateable value of your house is due to be scrapped . |
| 19 | The pair are Yugoslavian midfielder Vlado Bozinoski , who has been on trial at Portman Road , and Bulgarian international striker Bentcho Geuntchev . |
| 20 | The pair are Yugoslavian Australian midfielder Vlado Bozinoski , who has been on trial at Portman Road , and Bulgarian international striker Bentcho Geuntchev . |
| 21 | The proposed expansion of the zoning scheme , which has been on trial in three city-centre wards since 1990 , has already won the clear support of the police , residents ' groups and the hospitals , which have become increasingly concerned about late-night disturbances and violence . |
| 22 | The Longhope boat , the David and Elizabeth King , E B , is a solent class self righting lifeboat and has been on station since nineteen seventy . |
| 23 | She has been on HRT for four years , has never suffered dryness again and attributes to it her general energy and enjoyment of life . |
| 24 | The focus here has been on Conventionality and Contrast , two pragmatic principles that together govern the lexicon . |
| 25 | Union officials claimed their members were locked out after the 400 strong workforce , which has been on strike for just over two weeks , met yesterday to consider a management proposal . |
| 26 | As the fashion for hair has moved away from the hard , artificial post-punk era towards more natural styles , the emphasis has been on hair care products that promote softness and shine . |
| 27 | The Treaty of Rome contained no specific references to the need for the Community to develop an Industrial Policy , consequently the main focus towards industry has been on competition policy , and on the creation of the SEM . |
| 28 | Throughout most of this period the focus has been on government records and then mainly at a national level , although in rare instances the issues have been addressed at a more local level . |
| 29 | So far the emphasis has been on fission , where the nuclei of heavy elements such as uranium fragment into smaller pieces . |
| 30 | Ironing out visual problems on the set is just one of the tasks that the 33-year-old Kilsyth-born Hamilton has had to deal with in the five weeks that GMTV has been on air . |