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Example sentences of "[noun prp] have [adv] been on " in BNC.

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1	Lindsay McKeown has already been on asking for her phone number .
2	And when Jessamy had tried to speak to Julius at his office , Eleanor had always been on the other end of the phone , trotting out some barely plausible excuse why Julius could n't talk to her .
3	The intention and the vow itself were no cynical charade , for Edward had already been on crusade and shared the piety and the military enthusiasm which impelled so many to the Holy Land .
4	It is significant that the union which represents the employed workers of Cartón has never been on strike .
5	Dr Kallman has since been on another field trip to this area and is able to confirm the widespread range of this species throughout most of the small tributaries of the Rio Coatzacoalcos , and eastwards from Sarabia .
6	Horne has already been on loan at Middlesbrough and Stoke this season .
7	Ron and DD Dixon have recently been on a trip .
8	And Audrey has never been on the stage , or left her husband , or made a false move in public in any direction . "
9	Harriet Eysner and Anna Wagstaff have both been on the picket from the start .
10	Tosh and Les have just been on the phone to us up there have n't they ?
11	Well Bill 's just been on his s er tt supposed to be going over to see to Sue 's laying her paving slabs and everything
12	Hitherto NATO 's naval presence in the Mediterranean had only been on an ad hoc basis .
13	Since the interview in Matron 's office , Sister Cooney and Doctor O'Connor-Crowley had barely been on speaking terms .
14	Stephanie had always been on the heavy side for her 5 ft 4 ins ( 1.6m ) frame .
15	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 .