Example sentences of "had [be] [verb] on a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The blue-tit that had been swinging on a bramble , singing " Heigh , ho , go-and-get-another-bit-of-moss , " stopped his acrobatics and flew into the wood . |
| 2 | Christian churches throughout Jerusalem , Israel proper and the occupied territories took the unprecedented step of closing in protest for the whole day of April 27 , and the controversy encouraged an improvement in relations between the normally conservative Greek Orthodox community and Palestinian Christians ; the Middle East International of April 27 reported that , soon after the Jews took over the hospice , a Palestinian flag had been raised on a nearby Greek Orthodox Church . |
| 3 | It had been built on a piece of glebe land behind the church , with a narrow drive running up beside the churchyard wall , separating it from the lane , isolating it from other houses . |
| 4 | It seems evident that the structure had been built on a shelf cut into the steep hill slope and a terrace added on the north side . |
| 5 | Defries hardly noticed the lakes and the vegetation : she was studying the strange complex of structures that had been built on a vast slab of rock in the centre of the fertile valley . |
| 6 | She found herself unable to speak with the fear that clutched at her , the worrying possibility that her whole life had been built on a lie . |
| 7 | The houses had been built on a concrete raft on an infilled site . |
| 8 | The will that gave them title had been written on a torn-out page of a 1938 diary , the only paper available when the family learnt of their imminent fate in the gas chamber . |
| 9 | Anyway , ’ he went on , ‘ I made some further enquiries and it transpired that Len had been convicted on a drink-driving offence and had lost his driving licence . |
| 10 | Although trenches had been constructed on a limited scale in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–5 , they became a significant factor in warfare only in World War I. By the end of 1914 , the conflict had developed into what amounted to a siege and both Allied and German soldiers dug trenches to protect themselves from enemy small-arms and machine-gun fire . |
| 11 | I had hinted to him that I had been engaged on a paper to be called ‘ Enslavement by Capital ’ , a title adapted from one employed by Ezra Pound in a Criterion article called more characteristically , ‘ Murder by Capital ’ . |
| 12 | However SCOTVEC and BTEC had been engaged on a number of discussions on areas of mutual interest . |
| 13 | It also noted that the Brady plan had been applied on a slow-moving voluntary basis which depended on the goodwill of creditor governments and banks , and claimed that in the absence of such goodwill debtor governments had had no alternative but to declare moratoriums as a means of attracting attention to their situation . |
| 14 | So these things came to an end , I recall that on one occasion I was offered the eye of a sheep that had been cooked on a vast platter . |
| 15 | Mr Parry said that his client had been unemployed for 13 years , unbelievably he had been sent on a computer course to Wrexham , and he could not even switch the computer on . |
| 16 | Mr Parry said that his client had been unemployed for 13 years , unbelievably he had been sent on a computer course to Wrexham , and he could not even switch the computer on.A 17-year-old youth made a remark and the offence was committed . |
| 17 | A belief in Chinese superiority stemming from a closer approximation to the natural order of the cosmos governed China 's relations with neighbouring peoples , which over centuries had been conducted on a tributary basis . |
| 18 | I had caught an eider duck that had been sheltering on a lochan and was flying back with it against the wind when I grew tired . |
| 19 | He was entitled to his moment of pride ; shooting had gone well on the set of The Viking — astonishingly well considering it had been done on a ludicrously small budget and with television crews much more accustomed to slapstick children 's shows than gritty drama . |
| 20 | Although everything had been done on a shoestring , she was pleased with the result — and could not help feeling pleased with his praise . |
| 21 | One of the company 's washing machines had been featured on a well-known consumer affairs television programme , and some of the selling tactics used by Argent Distributors ' salespersons were deemed to be rather suspect . |
| 22 | The work for this group had been arranged on a large but highly specialised farm , which concentrated on growing bulbs , flowers and potatoes . |
| 23 | On either side gold metal had been arranged on a wood background to create abstract angels , kneeling , praying , haloed but without faces , without radiance . |
| 24 | Denktash accused Vassiliou of intransigence , while Vassiliou in turn accused Denktash of trying to change the terms of the negotiations , which had been based on a long-standing UN-sponsored plan for a bizonal federal republic , with no provision for secession or dissolution . |
| 25 | Quinn had been doodling on a pad . |
| 26 | Her life had been full of pain and perplexity ; it is not too much to say that her emotional needs had been fastened on a man whom she never properly understood , and that he in turn was baffled and then enraged by her insistent and neurotic demands upon him . |
| 27 | The SNM stated that the relief workers had been riding on a government military lorry ; such lorries were subject to routine attack and they appealed to relief agencies to be " independent " in performing their duties . |
| 28 | The university student had applied for help under the NHS Low Income Scheme , but said he had been assessed on a £300 loan he did not take out , which put him 39p in credit and not entitled for help . |
| 29 | Both had been dragged on a Highland holiday from leather-button cardiganed Surbiton , I also decided . |
| 30 | Nicholson did not appear in the film and was used as a production assistant by Corman ; but it is worth mentioning because it was a significant moment in Hollywood history , inspiring as it did a succession of similar films when other producers noticed that The Wild Angels grossed eight million dollars in no time at all , and had been made on a shoestring budget . |