Example sentences of "[noun] which have [be] [v-ing] on " in BNC.
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1 | The ex-London United cars which had been working on the Croydon — Mitcham route were now transferred to the Sutton route , to work alongside the J type cars ( 1s-16s ) , four of which were withdrawn and sent to Brixton Hill . |
2 | I am glad that the hon. Gentleman acknowledges that the small corner shops which have been trading on Sundays — in many cases , outside the Shops Act 1950 — provide a useful service to some people in our communities . |
3 | The ash which had been falling on St Pierre since the beginning of May 1902 continued to accumulate , sifting down softly to cover the ruins of St Pierre in a grey pall and burying many of the bodies that still lay in the debris . |
4 | The sight of the greyish kettle beside the gas-ring , and of the yellowish mug which has been drying on the little draining-board for the last fifteen years , makes me think of tea . |
5 | I have an overwhelming feeling that these dances which have been going on unchanged for hundreds , perhaps thousands of years , are truer to the ‘ âme collective ’ than our restless , critical , self-obsessed quadrilles . |
6 | I eventually got a chance to read the South Wales Aggregates Working Party 's Regional Commentary which has been sitting on my desk for months . |