Example sentences of "been on the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We knew that inside were climbers who had been on the same route , who had seen us , who had spoken to us . |
| 2 | There had been sporadic contact even before the 1850s treaties , and subsequent relations had been on the same unequal basis as those with the other powers . |
| 3 | Carey and Zeno had been on the same side once . |
| 4 | If I had n't been ‘ discovered ’ , as I suppose I must describe it , then I would have been on the same old path , up at Low Birk Hatt and miserable . |
| 5 | It would not come although it must have been on the same day as the trip to the cathedral and her aunt had undoubtedly been with her . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't think it does anyone any good to have been on the same patch of ground for five hundred years . |
| 7 | If they had been on the same side of the bed , he would have struck her . |
| 8 | In addition , the proximity of the Survey to the University ( they have been on the same site since 1975 ) led to contacts between their respective staffs , with a cross-fertilisation of ideas . |
| 9 | Effectively this means that the previous dealings must have been on the same terms and a consistent procedure must have been followed . |