Example sentences of "have been on [noun] since [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IN MID SEPTEMBER , 28XX class No.3822 returns to the Great Western Society from the West Somerset Railway where it has been on loan since March 19th this year . |
| 2 | Detective Sergeant Burgess went off to report to his Superintendent , and Redpath , who 'd been on duty since midnight , decided to try for a few hours ' sleep . |
| 3 | NHL president John Ziegler announced the players , who had been on strike since April 1 , had accepted a final offer and would return to work this weekend . |
| 4 | NHL president John Ziegler announced the players , who had been on strike since April 1 , had accepted a final offer and would return to work this weekend . |
| 5 | The mineworkers had been on strike since Nov. 30 , demanding pay rises of 300-600 per cent . |
| 6 | Jobless Wells had been on trial since Monday charged with murdering 64-year-old Vincent McGuire , his neighbour at a council-run hostel in central London 's Covent Garden last December . |
| 7 | She had been on duty since Friday morning . |
| 8 | Vouchers for kcs1,000 ( about US$34 ) , enabling the citizen to choose companies in which to purchase shares , had been on sale since Oct. 1 , and the list of enterprises to be privatized was available on Nov. 20 . |