Example sentences of "been [vb pp] on [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | In recent years the entire MI5 registry has been transferred on to a computer at a Ministry of Defence office in Mount Row , Mayfair . |
| 3 | Neither party is likely to want to wait until the matter has been decided on by a court . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Provision of the means to wage an atrocious war had been agreed on as a sign of good faith . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | And medical experts say the horrific condition may have been brought on by a paracetamol tablet . |
| 8 | EASTENDERS star Letitia Dean lies bleeding , trapped inside a car which has been shunted on to a railway line . |
| 9 | I well remember a young man who aroused special interest one weekend because he had been taken on at a place which had a certain reputation . |