Example sentences of "they [verb] been on " in BNC.
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| 1 | All of which explained that when I arrived at the BMC 's International Meet halfway through the week , the climbers that drifted into breakfast that morning looked like they 'd been on the receiving end of a very nasty artillery barrage . |
| 2 | So that created a problem and we then found that a number of people were leaving Brothers to seek their fortunes elsewhere because the work that they liked to work on and you know traditionally they 'd been on it for years , er was no longer there and er subsequently there was a slip in the numbers employed . |
| 3 | They 'd let him resign , just when they 'd been on the point of sacking him . |
| 4 | She knew they 'd been on the verge of drawing at least a little closer to each other , yet she had been the one to ruin the opportunity . |
| 5 | It would encourage newcomers ; especially if they 'd been on a few walks and seen the problems . |
| 6 | I th I think they 'd been on holiday and , she took ill on the holiday and , and came erm , she was stopping at erm , Edith 's and er it happened then . |
| 7 | Unless they 've been on a course of laughing pills , no one at the doctor 's will find these jokes in the least funny , and if you laugh at them , we recommend that you see a doctor as quickly as possible since your humour gland has obviously gone mental . |
| 8 | They 've been on the counter a fortnight . |
| 9 | They 've been on loo while they 've been and done them . |
| 10 | when they 've been on courses . |
| 11 | I mean they 've been on strike now for six months . |
| 12 | No that 's not I just thought to change a wash , cos I think they 've been on there rather a long time . |
| 13 | I do n't know if they 've been on holiday with them |
| 14 | I 'm trying to keep our dogs out of the lounge cos they 've been on the settee that many times |
| 15 | Chairman I have a copy of the environmental impact assessment report in respect of East Bank options , West End Road and Ipswich Northern bypass , they 've been on my desk from |
| 16 | They 've been on my door since late |
| 17 | I mean , they 've been on their own for weeks , so . |
| 18 | They may not see the value until they 've been on them . |
| 19 | The previous day they had been on the green 5¼ hours to out-bowl Paddington . |
| 20 | The pressures of wedded bliss excluded Sadie as effectively from the life of her former friend as if they had been on different continents . |
| 21 | Trent had told him to keep it ; whether they had been on board or not , he would have spent the afternoon on the reef — having them along was a pleasure . |
| 22 | She did not think it necessary to tell him that the University administration had been obliged to circulate all members of staff with a memorandum asking them , if they had been on strike , to volunteer the information ( since there was no other way of finding out ) so that their pay could be docked . |
| 23 | If they had been on an island , in a one-to-one situation , they would have fallen deeply in love , said Anspach . |
| 24 | Not only had it been obvious from the map that they were ninety degrees off course but they had been on tarmac for nine miles after being told that the track in In Salah was dirt from its start . |
| 25 | They had been on the right road , he was certain of it . |
| 26 | They had been on Christian name terms for some time now . |
| 27 | They had been on stand-by since 10.00 a.m. and it was now after one o'clock , but they were as crisp and well-tailored as if they 'd just stepped on to the plane . |
| 28 | Yet , while many chairmen persisted in denying it , the probability is that domestic prices remained inadequate to meet the overall costs of supplying domestic consumers , as they had been on nationalisation , though now for a new set of reasons , which betrayed a continuing inadequate degree of attention to proper costing exercises . |
| 29 | Many of the girls wanted to ask about domestic details such as rationing , clothes and saying goodbye to boyfriends while the boys frequently said they wanted to interview the men to find out if they had been on active service or if they had killed anyone . |
| 30 | ‘ At this point , they had been on the river for nearly three months , ’ he says , pulling lavishly at the bottle . |