Example sentences of "have [adv] be on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Slim women — or those who have successfully been on a diet — often feel deeply disheartened by the fact that diet and exercise alone do not seem to improve these problem areas . |
| 2 | To date , new services have all been on lines owned by Rail Freight — so they currently pay infrastructure costs which would otherwise fall to county councils . ’ |
| 3 | Governments , military strategists , thousands of scientists , millions of dollars of time and research budgets have all been on a wild goose chase . |
| 4 | If we have only been on cover for a short time and it is clear that the majority of the damage occurred before we came on cover , the claim should be referred to the previous insurers . |
| 5 | Struggling to make himself heard above the chants of the crowd , the manager said : ‘ I have only been on Teesside for ten months , but thank you for making it memorable so far . |
| 6 | New methods will come , no doubt , with the fruition of that research which the Home Secretary has urged and supported ; but we can not even claim to be using existing methods , when 7,550 prisoners are sleeping tonight three in a cell , and when policies which , but for the war , would have been on the statute book in 1939 , and have already been on the statute book for half a generation , have hardly begun to be carried into effect for lack of premises . |
| 7 | I know has so several of you have already been on a training course so you 'll know the sort of er way in which we work and the way things happen . |
| 8 | By the age of 13 years 24pc have already been on a diet , which is hardly surprising as 38pc do not like the shape |
| 9 | Completed in July 1991 , it now houses our colony of nine chimpanzees , who have not been on public display for over two years . |
| 10 | 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 ) . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I have just been on an inter-personal skills workshop so I knew what to do . |
| 14 | Tosh and Les have just been on the phone to us up there have n't they ? |
| 15 | The 1988 social security changes have always been on the agenda of the project and with the abolition of additional requirements and single payments , new sources of support must be found for the core families . |
| 16 | Tealtaoich said , ‘ You have always been on the side of justice , Trees ; come with us and fight with us and for us , as you have done in the past . ’ |
| 17 | Leslie Evans , the council 's assistant director for arts and entertainment , said : ‘ The musicals we have had have always been on a quite tight financial squeeze because we have a fairly small theatre with about 1,300 seats . |
| 18 | Harriet Eysner and Anna Wagstaff have both been on the picket from the start . |
| 19 | Wytch Farm managers have also been on a teambuilding exercise — but instead of sailing on water , however , they went to ground ! |
| 20 | I have also been on many other outings with my family where we enjoyed nature together . |
| 21 | I 'm sorry but I just ca n't support this view , what about pride , team confidence ( just imagine what this victory would do to that — considering , correct me if I 'm wrong , but the 3 sides we have beaten away from home are shit , and we have also been on a crap run recently ) , and not to mention a place in Europe — this is a 2nd place 6 pointer . |
| 22 | German supporters have also been on the rampage . |
| 23 | EXPERTS are questioning the value of home-cholesterol testing kits which have now been on the market for six months . |
| 24 | The one(s) we have n't been on yet , and a Bob Dylan one |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | People who have n't been on a council before . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | I I have n't been on one of our courses for a little while but I think that 's very similar to er |
| 29 | ’ 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 . |
| 30 | Yeah , I know you do , I said , I said you have n't been on the bus already ? |