Example sentences of "[pron] have be on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs A. W. wrote : ‘ I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the time and effort you have put into compiling this diet which has made a bigger difference to my weight and dimensions than any other diet I have been on … . ‘ |
| 2 | 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 ! |
| 3 | John Cocks and I have been on ahead to check things out . |
| 4 | More recently I have been on the phone to Minsk , Nottingham 's twin town , in connection with the Lord Mayor 's appeal for aid to the victims of Chernobyl . |
| 5 | I have been on ones of 100,000 acres . |
| 6 | Since a success with Corydoras panda I have been on the lookout for other species of catfish to work with so I gratefully headed home with my new charges . |
| 7 | I have been on to-day , so I have not had much time , I have wrote to G. Titman to-night . |
| 8 | I have been on the council for three or four years , perhaps one of the more outspoken ones . ’ |
| 9 | My final comment is that loadings on the Central Wales line seem fairly light at present , judging by the two or three times I have been on it lately . |
| 10 | ‘ I have been on the parish council at Saughall for more years than I care to remember — eighteen , ’ he said . |
| 11 | Erm I have been on commission basis . |
| 12 | Er I have been on commission basis . |
| 13 | ‘ I have been on the bus since then and there has been nothing quite as bad but I have still heard very loud swearing and seen emergency doors open . ’ |
| 14 | I have been on location around America rather than Hollywood . |
| 15 | I 've been on that plane , I have been on that plane |
| 16 | Users of the ‘ Pentium-ready ’ personal computer systems which have been on sale since the middle of last year — Intel Corp 80486-based boxes with a Pentium upgrade socket — wo n't get their OverDrive Pentiums , code-named the P24T , which plugs into the socket , until next year ( UX No 424 ) . |
| 17 | Mr V.P. Singh outwitted them all with his choice of the mufti , a gesture of reconciliation to the nation 's 100million Muslims , who have been on the receiving end of bloody communal violence in north India . |
| 18 | ‘ Mostly , we find that Packman is being bought by larger , more safety-conscious farmers , especially where there is pressure from operators who have been on COSHH and FEPA courses . ’ |
| 19 | Hounslow , with no injury problems , have taken a deliberately low-key approach to their latest European venture , giving their squad , including Rob Thompson , Jon Potter and Paul Bolland , who have been on GB duty , a much-needed rest after the demands of the domestic season . |
| 20 | As will be seen in the section on training , 95% of those who have been on an ATB course saw ‘ less time and effort ’ as one of the main benefits to themselves . |
| 21 | Glaxo Group Research has a range of policies to provide support to , and facilitate the easier return to work of , women who have been on maternity leave . |
| 22 | It is sad when sisters and brothers who have been on good terms quarrel about who gets what , whether the reasons for wanting a particular item are commercial or sentimental . |
| 23 | Women who have been on the Pill may have nutritional deficiencies ( see p 260 ) and you may wish to take a nutritional supplement of the kind described on p 330 . |
| 24 | Pray for the young people from QP who have been on mission or camp this summer . |
| 25 | Kirk Douglas 's reputation for being difficult has , in recent years , become something of a joke , even for those who have been on the receiving end of his temperament . |
| 26 | Recently , however , two small-scale studies have been completed which take on board the perceptions and experiences of parents who have been on the receiving end of child protection interventions . |
| 27 | Like Brillat-Savarin 's famous fondue and the fonduta of Piedmont , the fondue of Franche-Comté is really a cream of eggs and cheese ( not , be it noted , scrambled eggs and cheese ) and has been rejected , I fancy , as being unauthentic either because it is more difficult to cook correctly than the Swiss version or because it is the cheese purveyors rather than the egg-marketeers who have been on the job . |
| 28 | It is now recognized that people who have been on weight-reducing diets subsequently have a lower calorie requirement than they previously had . |
| 29 | That would allow a tremendous movement of people from under-utilised accommodation to smaller accommodation and would allow many people who have been on the waiting list for council houses for many years to be moved into smaller accommodation . |
| 30 | Members who have been on the Public Accounts Committee , as I have , will know all about virement , which is not a recondite issue but a practical one . |