Example sentences of "been [adj] on [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There had been a good relationship on the whole between the management and myself and it has been supportive on both sides . ’ |
| 2 | It was simply too demeaning to believe that the experience we had shared had been dependent on such things as the amount of booze Dennis put away that lunchtime . |
| 3 | He had trod a very narrow path , fraught with danger ; had he been wrong on any detail , it would have spelt disaster . |
| 4 | Two authors , at least , have been explicit on this subject . |
| 5 | And she had been pretty on that slab , all the influences of birth and upbringing cancelled out . |
| 6 | The building society claimed repayment of interest under the provisions of section 35A of the Supreme Court Act 1981from the three dates on which the payments were made , on the ground that the principal had been repayable on those dates as sums paid pursuant to an unlawful demand . |
| 7 | However , it might be that psychiatric opinion would have been helpful on that aspect of the case . |
| 8 | Cases have also been helpful on some points of detail . |
| 9 | ‘ Was that why you told Danny she shaved ? ’ asked Camille , who had been present on that occasion . |
| 10 | Nurse Valerie Roper said she had spoken to Allitt after the first two or three arrests at Grantham and Kesteven Hospital and mentioned that she had been present on each occasion . |
| 11 | I had n't been alone on this drinking jag . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've been busy on another plan . |
| 13 | Marxists have often been reticent on these questions . |
| 14 | No real consultation would have been necessary on that score . |
| 15 | Yes indeed , Bob Giles , the membership has been quiet on this issue . |
| 16 | Although the chemistry of modern Earth-bound life is all carbon-chemistry , this may not be true all over the universe , and it may not always have been true on this Earth . |