Example sentences of "[vb past] been [adv] on the " in BNC.

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1 ‘ If you 'd been out on the street — ’ Georgiades looked at Nikos — ‘ instead of sitting on your ass in a cool office — ’
2 The dahabeeyah had moored for the night and the three girls had been up on the top deck enjoying the evening breeze .
3 In the meantime the others had been out on the track and found the footprints of the Friar and the distinctive mark of his staff .
4 This particular day Tom Smith had been out on the drink the previous night and now had a sore head and a filthy mood on him .
5 He had been out on the streets all day and his face was running with sweat .
6 Up to and including 1920 he had been consistently on the left of the Bolshevik Party , and this particular book was his last major offering from that stance before his subsequent evolution to the ‘ right ’ of the party .
7 This original small port and fishing village had been down on the marshes adjoining the Rother , not far from Rye , and given to Fécamp Abbey by Cnut .
8 The sun was setting , making the dogs pink , like the pink wine that had been there on the table .
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