Example sentences of "who [vb past] [been] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when I got there I found I was in with kids who 'd been nicked for stealing or who 'd been on drugs or alcohol or glue , and girls who had been on the streets at 13 . |
| 2 | Detective Sergeant Burgess went off to report to his Superintendent , and Redpath , who 'd been on duty since midnight , decided to try for a few hours ' sleep . |
| 3 | They had served deaf people faithfully and with devotion for more than a century and were correctly described in the same editorial as " dedicated men , universal guides philosopher , and friends who had been on call at every hour of the day . |
| 4 | So I turned on the TV to find the news , but they had n't found out who had been on board yet |
| 5 | You will remember that when we last spoke you said the Ramsbum , Gooseneck business was impossible , and that was even before I had met my colleague Blitherdick , the wine waiter who had been on holiday when I arrived . |
| 6 | NHL president John Ziegler announced the players , who had been on strike since April 1 , had accepted a final offer and would return to work this weekend . |
| 7 | NHL president John Ziegler announced the players , who had been on strike since April 1 , had accepted a final offer and would return to work this weekend . |
| 8 | ‘ By an odd coincidence only 8% of those who had been on strike got increases while 92% of those who had worked during the strike got increases ’ . |
| 9 | The strike was a show of solidarity with 3,500 workers in sherry production who had been on strike since the beginning of the month over pension rights . |
| 10 | He had watched the effect that team spirit had had on the young people who had been on Operation Drake . |
| 11 | He imagined with pleasure the bollocking that would be administered to the men who had been on duty the previous night . |
| 12 | There was no sign of the two policemen who had been on duty at the cordon . |
| 13 | He presumed those men who had been on duty had all gone in the helicopter to help the others . |
| 14 | The death of a remand prisoner was confirmed on April 3 and on April 5 a prison officer who had been on duty on April 1 died of a heart attack . |
| 15 | Early on the following day a Lithuanian who had been on duty alone at a nearby post was found shot dead in what some reports suggested might have been revenge for the death of the Byelorussian . |
| 16 | The Unit followed up the health of 700 children who had been on Blackpool beach last summer . |
| 17 | Of about 100 prisoners who had been on hunger strike since May 1 [ see p. 38179 ] protesting at the government 's alleged failure to free all political prisoners , 17 who were still fasting began accepting food in the days after Mandela appealed to them to abandon the fast , on June 6 . |
| 18 | On the other hand , more efficient production was a significant benefit to those who had been on courses . |
| 19 | The survey showed that only one-third of those who had been on courses generated the training themselves . |