Example sentences of "[adv] been [verb] on [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had all been going on for years , Chertro said , and apparently earlier technicians had been doing the same for a long time before . |
| 2 | This has already been touched on in Chapter 7 . |
| 3 | In particular , perhaps , there will be the question of agreeing the partners ' profit shares , the problem of which has already been touched on in Chapter 4 . |
| 4 | Each has already been touched on in passing , but something more needs to be said . |
| 5 | These steps into a wider world were part of a great process of expansion by western Europe that had already been going on for decades . |
| 6 | A devolution of power had also been going on at home and all our policy must take account of it . |
| 7 | The petition has now been passed on to Durham County Council . ’ |
| 8 | class has now been put on to Thursday morning |
| 9 | In any case , I 've never been called on to deal with anything like this before . |
| 10 | In addition , two colleagues in naval intelligence had recently been taken on by ICI to be trained as work study officers , and spoke enthusiastically to me of how they were treated by the company . |
| 11 | Winter and the new Food and Beverage manager had considered that the best applicant was a female graduate with a proven record and innovative ideas , but there was opposition from the Head Chef and the rest of the ‘ old guard ’ , who contacted the previous owner : he in turn had spoken to David Edwards , who had rung Winter and suggested ‘ cooling it ’ ( the disappointed applicant had subsequently been taken on by Duchy 's expanding Hotels Division ) . |