Example sentences of "[noun prp] had been [verb] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , all those years ago , she simply had n't been experienced enough to realise that , despite those wonderful and ecstatic nights of passion , her marriage to Ross had been founded on a disastrously thin layer of quicksand ; a relationship which would crack and disintegrate under the first onslaught of any stress and tension . |
| 2 | Isola was a Milanese liberal who had been found in possession of an English book , and therefore banished , since England had been regarded on the Continent as a ‘ revolutionary ’ country ever since 1688 . |
| 3 | And they are wrong in thinking that the judgment lay entirely in the future : the decisive battle which dethroned Satan had been won on the cross , and from now on he was a defeated foe , and believers were ransacking his empire . |
| 4 | Erika remembered the Watchword Omi had been reading on the day when Karl had come . |
| 5 | However SCOTVEC and BTEC had been engaged on a number of discussions on areas of mutual interest . |
| 6 | Quinn had been doodling on a pad . |
| 7 | Jack and Dieter had stated quite clearly that Alain Gebrec had been lying on the rocks below the belvedere . |
| 8 | Later she wondered what Brian had been doing on the towpath , forgetting that his favourite restaurant commanded a view of the canal . |
| 9 | Though it did not appear until relatively late in his life , Locke had been working on the Essay since about 1660 . |
| 10 | Anyway , ’ he went on , ‘ I made some further enquiries and it transpired that Len had been convicted on a drink-driving offence and had lost his driving licence . |
| 11 | The Court side-stepped the issue by noting that Namibia had been listed on the agenda of the Security Council as a ‘ situation ’ not a ‘ dispute ’ . |
| 12 | Since its launch , Baricol had been produced on a production line in the old Courtaulds Plastic Films factory at Bridgwater . |
| 13 | But as it was no longer where she had left it , then it must have done , unless someone had shot into Rose Cottage and stolen it while Cassie had been sitting on the loo . |
| 14 | Shortly before this development , three magistrates who had been seconded to assist Sica had been withdrawn on the grounds that they were working too closely with the police , thereby prejudicing their independence as magistrates . |
| 15 | It turned out to be Terry Wade who had just heard that Trev Proby had been arrested on a number of theft and extortion charges , and had been refused bail . |
| 16 | Cormack had been swinging on the bar stool , fingering his wallet because Amanda 's appetite for food and drink had made his credit cards nervous , when he 'd seen the man in the raincoat in reception and the beer had spilled over his hand and left wet stains on the varnish for the boy to polish away . |
| 17 | Noth Bucks Coroner Rodney Corner told the jury at today 's inquest that six month old Hannah Davies had been found on the floor beside her buggy at a local playgroup . |
| 18 | In the apartment Sam Somerville had been dozing on the couch , once so favoured by Quinn , because it was right next to the flash phone . |
| 19 | On her return , Michel had been waiting on the platform with a gun in his hand but could not bring himself to shoot . |
| 20 | The train had halted for a full five minutes on the western side of West Acton and all that time Dean had been lying on the roof in the rain . |
| 21 | Before he answered it she slipped in a question about the length of time Shildon had been working on the assignment . |
| 22 | The witness said Gary had been swinging on the metal posts on May 11 when they collapsed on his chest . |
| 23 | Once Queen Victoria had been established on the throne for a few decades , she acquired a natural authority when dealing with her prime ministers . |
| 24 | In fact , the first Labour government which took office in January 1924 , after Baldwin had been defeated on an amendment to the Address , lasted until October , when the new government in turn was defeated on a Liberal amendment to a Conservative motion which MacDonald chose to regard as a matter of confidence ; and the Conservatives rather than the Liberals were to be the beneficiaries of MacDonald 's fall . |
| 25 | Mr Fraser had been walking on the moors with his wife and daughter when he was taken ill at about 5.30pm on Sunday . |
| 26 | On my last visit I noticed that an image of James Joyce had been engraved on a tiny glass window on the seat behind me , and other historical figures literally emerged from the woodwork when I looked a little closer around the bar . |
| 27 | After returning the painting to the icon shop , the dealer subsequently received two contradictory letters , the first stating that ‘ his ’ Wtewael had been placed on the national index of important works of art that could not leave Germany , and the follow-up , which noted that the Wtewael had been taken off the index , and that it could , therefore , be exported . |
| 28 | Hughes had been wounded on the cutting edge of stand-up comedy . |
| 29 | If Mitzi had been sitting on the lilac branch with the squirrel yesterday ( and at this point her thoughts brought a smile to Elisabeth 's face ) , she would have overheard much to have kept her mind and tongue engaged . … |
| 30 | It was the suit Sir Henry had been wearing on the morning when we first met him in Baker Street . |