Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] [conj] have been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every Sunday on our way back from church , we 'd call on Mrs Wright , whose son was a Schools Inspector and had been to Cambridge . |
| 2 | The Paddington Bear wallpaper that had been on the walls for years was mocking her . |
| 3 | And saved : The ice rink that had been on the skids . |
| 4 | But this is my dwelling place and has been for nearly four months now . |
| 5 | They got ashore dry shod — as they described those landings in which you do not get your feet wet — but in these harsh conditions , Lieutenant Arthur Komrower suffered severe back and leg injuries when he was crushed between a rock and the 10-ton assault craft that had been on fire . |
| 6 | They are meant to plug the gaps in the trade embargo that has been in force for almost a year . |
| 7 | So the Dimbleby company turned to TBF ( Printers ) Ltd , which was itself a company closely associated with ( same shareholdings , same management ) T. Bailey Forman Ltd , with whom the NUJ was engaged in a trade dispute and had been since 1979 . |
| 8 | Answers to questions about their fellow workers ' reactions when they heard the news of planned redundancies suggested a difference in attitude between some of those who were close to pension age and had been with the company for long periods and other workers . |
| 9 | Erm the certification of the flight control system is the critical path item and has been for some considerable time . |
| 10 | Tough Epsom Derby winner Dr Devious ( 10–1 ) ran a blinder to finish fourth to Fraise in the Breeders ' Cup Turf but has been on the go since April . |
| 11 | Ramsgill Moor varies from 1,000 to 1,700ft. above sea level and has been in the Briggs family since 1946 . |
| 12 | Not only is that generally helpful in being a recently approved structure plan that 's been through the Secretary of State 's hands , but of course it is also part of this region . |
| 13 | A country pub that 's been in the same family for more than a hundred years is about to be sold off . |
| 14 | Janet works in the Sales Office on Customer Service and has been with the company for two and half years . |
| 15 | If , for example , we survey the field of regulation in airline operation , financial services , and so on it is all too obvious that hitherto it is the member state governments that in the main have clung on to their controls and the EC Commission that has been in favour of deregulation and more competition . |
| 16 | Does he not realize that the people of Ulster are quite passively tolerating Dublin rule and have been since the 15th of November 1985 . |
| 17 | Six tries was just what the doctor ordered for a Gloucester team that 's been under the weather for too long this season … and this win was even more rewarding when you think that six first teamers were missing … |
| 18 | But , when asked in 1947 to replace an old dirty power station that had been on the site since 1891 , he soon forgot such idealism and , like any architect , was glad to have the job . |