Example sentences of "they have [been] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would encourage newcomers ; especially if they 'd been on a few walks and seen the problems . |
| 2 | All of which explained that when I arrived at the BMC 's International Meet halfway through the week , the climbers that drifted into breakfast that morning looked like they 'd been on the receiving end of a very nasty artillery barrage . |
| 3 | They had been on the right road , he was certain of it . |
| 4 | ( In fact , the French lines there on February 21st were no better prepared than they had been on the Right Bank , and the rejoinder that if he had not had adequate forces he should not have undertaken the offensive in the first place is almost too obvious ) . |
| 5 | Perhaps they had been on the other side of the ditch all the time and were hidden by it now . |
| 6 | If they had been on the same side of the bed , he would have struck her . |
| 7 | 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 . |