Example sentences of "[been] [vb pp] on [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also , the land which stretches back to Rockhill Farm from Swingswang on the opposite side of that road is all part and parcel of the County Council smallholdings , and only two fields away they sold off a piece of land a few years ago which has now been developed on to the frontage of the Banbury Road , which is in fact the Cromwell Business Park . |
| 2 | To mitigate his appearance , he had grown a beard — though it was so fine , to conform with custom , that it might have been painted on with a kohl-brush , an impression reinforced by the methodical severity with which the rest of the face had been shaved . |
| 3 | Two square escutcheon plates , each incised with a cross , have been riveted on to the surface above and below the keyhole . |
| 4 | They have been spied on by the paparazzi , betrayed by trusted servants , embarrassed by indiscreet friends , and have had to endure a constant torrent of innuendo , gossip , lies and half-truths in newspapers , magazines and books — none of which are they able to repudiate . |
| 5 | But the press had already been tipped off : Mrs Simpson 's car had been booked on to the Channel steamer in her own name . |
| 6 | In the past some craft-trading had been carried on beyond the vicinity , but this and nearly all other economic ties with the Ukraine to the south and their fellow Great Russians to the north had stopped . |
| 7 | South Cambridgeshire District Council has recognized the important part that environmental health officers have to play within the work of the District Council , and for some time now the work of the Department has been carried on under the hat of the Legal , Housing and Health Director . |
| 8 | ‘ It should be stressed that no debts arising from non–payment of the community Charge have been added on to the Council Tax bills . ’ |
| 9 | In recent years the entire MI5 registry has been transferred on to a computer at a Ministry of Defence office in Mount Row , Mayfair . |
| 10 | The draft timetable will have been decided on at the sale strategy stage and will be to an extent a function of the marketing process chosen . |
| 11 | Neither party is likely to want to wait until the matter has been decided on by a court . |
| 12 | Names of infant Mulverins had recently been scratched on to the wall . |
| 13 | She had either fallen or been pushed on to a spike on the plough ; the level of her blood alcohol gave some credence to the idea that she had fallen . |
| 14 | It could , because you could put and a sailing boat might have been pushed on by the tide . |
| 15 | In October 1626 he had been drafted on to the loan commission for Yorkshire , and was also a commissioner in June 1627 to finance shipbuilding using recusancy fines , which commissions were headed by Sir John Savile ( later first Baron Savile of Pontefract , q.v . ) . |
| 16 | Provision of the means to wage an atrocious war had been agreed on as a sign of good faith . |
| 17 | The initial measures of enforcement had been agreed on by the WEU and NATO in July [ see also pp. 39012-13 ] . |
| 18 | She had meant only to run up the road for a breath of air when the rain stopped and she had been drawn on into the spring evening until now she had half an hour 's brisk walk to get home . |
| 19 | On July 14 Ghozali gave evidence to the court about the events of June 1991 , when the army had been called on to the streets of Algiers to combat FIS supporters [ see p. 38312 ] . |
| 20 | Teresa , who has regularly been called on by the Clothes Show and TV-am as well as many famous faces , will demonstrate simple application tips and talk about how to choose make-up from the bewildering choice available . |
| 21 | The super smooth 2.5-litre intercooled turbo-diesel , quite the best of the bunch , is pepped up 4bhp to 98bhp ; the 3-litre V-6 petrol has been breathed on to the tune of an extra 8bhp , at 147bhp . |
| 22 | Henry had been invited on to the chat show chiefly because the new snooker champion was the guest of honour . |
| 23 | Sexy blonde curls have been pinned on to the crown for this look from John Peers |
| 24 | Hannah Dooley knew a bloke in Birmingham who had been set on by a group of small ‘ pod-like ’ creatures while out walking his dog . |
| 25 | Other events have been laid on for the old-timers , including a tour on Wednesday of Craigantlet hillclimb , one of the oldest events in the British championship , and an autotest at Ballywalter on Thursday afternoon . |
| 26 | After their 10km walk they were invited to Backnong for a special lunch that had been laid on by the Canal Dignitaries of the town . |
| 27 | He had been brought on to the board of the Citizens Theatre , Glasgow , by its founder , the playwright James Bridie . |
| 28 | And medical experts say the horrific condition may have been brought on by a paracetamol tablet . |
| 29 | Discussions over the need for increased powers for the Scottish party were initiated by its nationalist wing but have been seized on by the left as a means of ensuring that Labour 's different electoral aims north and south of the Border do not lead to alienation of the party 's traditional supporters in Scotland . |
| 30 | Turning to the subject of handwriting , this has been touched on at the beginning of this chapter . |