Example sentences of "[vb base] [not/n't] [be] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've not been on the moon , ’ he added , without any irony , simply as a statement of fact . |
| 2 | Only that you 've not been on his bike or yesterday . |
| 3 | Completed in July 1991 , it now houses our colony of nine chimpanzees , who have not been on public display for over two years . |
| 4 | On 21 May , Christie 's New York will sell thirty-one Italian paintings from the Getty 's collection , most of which have not been on view for many years either due to their unsatisfactory condition or their downgraded status : a ‘ Rest on the Flight into Egypt ’ was described in 1963 as ‘ the greatest reward for visitors to the collection … by Orazio Gentileschi , a Caravaggesque masterpiece by an artist who had learned the lesson of realism ’ , only to be dubbed a later copy , probably Francesco Gentileschi , in the opinion of R.W. Bissel , the leading authority on the artist ( est. $50–70,000 ) . |
| 5 | The reasons given for these sales are that the Museum has limited storage space in its present building , and that the works in question have not been on exhibition for some considerable time , or duplicate existing holdings . |
| 6 | Harwood 's tale of brotherly love too , by its nature , changes into a different gear in its second half after an opening act in which the Manx brothers ‘ we have not been on speakies for ten years ’ look poised for a reconciliation . |
| 7 | The one(s) we have n't been on yet , and a Bob Dylan one |
| 8 | Because they have n't been on the market for long , it 's not possible to say how well they 'll stand the test of time . |
| 9 | People who have n't been on a council before . |
| 10 | You have n't been on the receiving end of Doreen 's barbs , but if they pierce Ling 's skin to the extent of causing him to leave your service you can put a ring round the fact that there will be … definite disruption . |
| 11 | I I have n't been on one of our courses for a little while but I think that 's very similar to er |
| 12 | ’ I have n't been on the stage for a long time , so I 'm bound to be as nervous as a kitten before I go on . |
| 13 | Yeah , I know you do , I said , I said you have n't been on the bus already ? |
| 14 | Have n't been on a boat I do n't thi o only like little , you know , |
| 15 | There has been coverage with such as yourselves and er the local papers , and we are getting word of mouth enquiries now , but we , we have said it 's for the newly qualified driver and since we 've started this scheme , I would put newly qualified in inverted commas , because we 've had two or three ladies ring us up who 've had four and five years driving experience as such and they 're frightened to death to go on a motorway and have n't been on a motorway . |