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 | I have just been on an inter-personal skills workshop so I knew what to do . |
| 10 | Tosh and Les have just been on the phone to us up there have n't they ? |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Harriet Eysner and Anna Wagstaff have both been on the picket from the start . |
| 15 | Wytch Farm managers have also been on a teambuilding exercise — but instead of sailing on water , however , they went to ground ! |
| 16 | I have also been on many other outings with my family where we enjoyed nature together . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | German supporters have also been on the rampage . |
| 19 | EXPERTS are questioning the value of home-cholesterol testing kits which have now been on the market for six months . |
| 20 | In recent years , partly as a result of exposure to the American literature and partly because of a desire to adopt a tough-minded approach towards power , British social and political scientists have increasingly been on the look out for signs of a similar system in Britain . |
| 21 | Ron and DD Dixon have recently been on a trip . |
| 22 | A party of Teesside journalists have recently been on a fact-finding tour of ICI 's Group Environmental Laboratory at Brixham , Devon . |
| 23 | I have never been on a diet . |
| 24 | You should consider whether this is really what you want to do , or whether it is because you have never been on holiday alone before and the thought of it makes you nervous . |
| 25 | After all , it 's not everyone who has a private view of paintings worth £100,000 — a lot of money in those pre-war , pre-inflation days — but which have never been on public view . |
| 26 | I have never been on a mountain with so many other people before . |
| 27 | You may find that older dogs are nervous under these circumstances , if they have never been on a train or bus before , and you should always try to reassure them with your tone of voice . |
| 28 | Many young drivers , like Paul Standen , may have passed their test , but have never been on a motorway . |
| 29 | Well I know , but it was sad because in Gosport that was what keep most of them going , I mean like they said none of them have never been on the dole before , they 've all been there since they 've left school , there was a couple there |