Example sentences of "who [vb past] [be] on a " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | A shadow fell across my sunny table and I looked up to find Kenneth who 'd been on a recce of the hospital , so after a lunch of ribs , skins , wings and blueberry pie , he was able to lead me through the appropriate doors of the vast , multi-entranced building . |
| 2 | As workmen moved in to put up fencing yesterday , more demonstrators joined a small group of protesters who had been on a 24-hour vigil at the site . |
| 3 | Another incident in the same Shop involved a man who had been on a Government course on turning . |
| 4 | She had no travellers ' tales , no air of a person who had been on a journey , and I knew she would be both disbelieving and resentful if I should try to describe the eternal vistas I had glimpsed . |
| 5 | A four week challenge was performed on 20 children who had been on a gluten free diet for mean ( SD ) 14 ( 3 ) months . |
| 6 | The attack came only five days after another great white killed 34-year-old British-born mother of five Terri Cartwright , who had been on a diving excursion off the island of Tasmania . |