Example sentences of "[adv] be on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rosenthal , who had only been on the field 15 minutes , made Barlow pay in full for his wastefulness yet Liverpool should not have had to wait so long to get their noses in front . |
| 2 | Payton who had only been on the field for six minutes put Celtic further ahead in the 66th minute when he accepted a left wing pass from Collins to shoot low into the net from six yards . |
| 3 | A council spokeswoman said the couple had only been on the waiting list for 11 years . |
| 4 | A council spokeswoman said the couple had only been on the waiting list for 11 years . |
| 5 | True , he had only been on the periphery , a bit-part player who could usefully be dragooned into secondary roles when a little muscle was required . |
| 6 | But she had only been on the mountain for two hours , three at the most . |
| 7 | Inspector , but anyhow , now when I went on the detective staff I 'd only been on the force just over three years |
| 8 | This lack of interest may only be on the part of one partner . |
| 9 | His confidence that God 's existence could be demonstrated from the natural world made him a favourite target for those who felt it could only be on the basis of God 's special revelation of Himself that faith could be justified . |
| 10 | If he is liable to the plaintiffs at all it can only be on the basis of professional negligence . |
| 11 | ‘ Perhaps we can cheer him up with the news that he 'll only be on the ward for a couple of days . |
| 12 | Otherwise , rejection may only be on the ground of infringement of ‘ sovereignty or security ’ ; neither a claim to exclusive jurisdiction by the state of destination over the subject-matter with which the document deals , nor the fact that no cause of action would exist under the law of that state is a proper ground for rejection . |
| 13 | He 's invested heavily in this new venture … the only time … the only place where Nigel Mansell seems to change gear and slow down is on the golf course … |
| 14 | Changes over time also indicate that living alone is on the increase as a feature of old age : the General Household Survey ( OPCS , 1985 ) shows that in 1973 , 40 per cent of those aged 75 and over lived alone ; ten years later the figure was 47 per cent . |
| 15 | Well has that one not been on the floor ? |
| 16 | He explained that although the lad had not been on the mainline before , he was a good , reliable and sensible lad . |
| 17 | He told the magistrates the licence was for a car which had not been on the road for nine months . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've not been on the moon , ’ he added , without any irony , simply as a statement of fact . |
| 19 | Horowitz drove back to Freiburg in a philosophical mood — the registration number of Tweed 's Mercedes had not been on the list . |
| 20 | An untitled drip painting by Jackson Pollock which has not been on the market since 1949 is estimated at $1–1.5 million ( £666,000–1,000,000 ) and will be the highlight of this sale of contemporary art . |
| 21 | High points of the show are large-format charcoal and red chalk drawings from 1898–99 , a number of landscapes of the area around Worpswede , and a horizontal format variation on the theme of ‘ Child Blowing a Horn ’ , which has not been on the market since the 1930s . |
| 22 | He added : ‘ I 'm astounded he has not been on the fringe of the Dutch team . ’ |
| 23 | This , too , has been a frequent component of the instruction , though the emphasis has generally been on the retrieval of information from the stock , with the organization and communication of this information for effective learning left in the background . |
| 24 | His first job was to start his teams to plough : he had already been on the field the day before to mark out the stetches . |
| 25 | How much more able to make that judgement were those colleagues who had already been on the board for seven years or more ? ’ |
| 26 | That was not impossible , for there had been six months between the X-rays , in which case The tumour could have already been on the way down when it was spotted . |
| 27 | New methods will come , no doubt , with the fruition of that research which the Home Secretary has urged and supported ; but we can not even claim to be using existing methods , when 7,550 prisoners are sleeping tonight three in a cell , and when policies which , but for the war , would have been on the statute book in 1939 , and have already been on the statute book for half a generation , have hardly begun to be carried into effect for lack of premises . |
| 28 | Tosh and Les have just been on the phone to us up there have n't they ? |
| 29 | Jesus , Saint Peter and James and John had just been on the mountain top at the site of the transfiguration , a high point in the gospel story , and right on the heels of that they descended into the valley below and there was a crowd with Jesus ' others disciples . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's not every day that someone wanders on to my property and , when charged at by a Dobermann who 'd shot off as I closed the door after us , goes blithely forward and greets it with the words , ‘ Hello , darling ’ , ’ he replied , reminding her , had she forgotten , that , the dog never far from his control outside of the house , he had soon been on the spot to witness events . |