Example sentences of "has [vb pp] on a [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The hon. Gentleman is so distinguished that it may be some time since he has sat on a Standing Committee .
2 Quigley leaped into the air like a monkey that has sat on a bunsen burner and gave a sort of primal grunt .
3 An inquest has opened on a Honda car engineer killed at work .
4 Faced with a massive upsurge in poaching , Zimbabwe has embarked on a crash programme of de-horning its remaining black rhino population , in an effort to make the animals worthless to the poachers .
5 He has embarked on a drawing/painting course which seems to be about as full and hectic as yours , but then both your chosen activities are a mystery to me .
6 A former television presenter who hit the headlines amid claims he was the Son of God has embarked on a lecture tour to set the record straight .
7 That 's the message from the Department of Agriculture which has embarked on a safety drive .
8 Forest boss Brian Clough has agreed on a swap deal involving Northern Ireland winger Kingsley Black going to Hillsborough plus £200,000 cash coming Forest 's way .
9 Mrs Browning , who looks weak and I believe has hardly moved from her room all winter , though she has ventured on a carriage trip or two since spring arrived , is excited by the promise Cavour has made to bring some statesmanship into this affair and hopes much from him .
10 UNDERCOVER star JOHN MATHEWS has gone on a crash diet after ballooning to 15 stone …
11 I felt rather like a man who has knocked on a cottage door and found himself in a palace ; vaguely foolish .
12 A MUTANT is the descendant of an individual which has passed on a mutant gene .
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