Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] been on a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Previously , allocation of funds had been on a per capita student basis , but this changed to a research project grant system . |
| 2 | The HCIMA bibliography has been established over nearly 10 years , and the past seven years has been on a computer database . |
| 3 | The teams have been on a rigorous training schedule for the hundred mile long test of skill and stamina . |
| 4 | The teams have been on a rigorous training schedule for the hundred mile long test of skill and stamina . |
| 5 | Until now his ships had been on a southerly course , the weather becoming even colder , the unexpected winds known now as williwaws threatening to dash his vessels against the steep cliffs . |
| 6 | The women at the sit-in issued the following appeal : ’ On the occasion of International Women 's Day , we , the Palestinian Women have been on a hunger strike since February 23 , 1989 in solidarity with our sons who have been holding hunger strikes in Israeli jails in protest against their inhuman prison conditions . |
| 7 | She 'd given him no encouragement — their encounters had been on a light , friendly basis only — but she knew that he 'd long since stopped seeing Louise , and there 'd been only a couple of short-term girlfriends since . |