Example sentences of "[pron] has been [verb] on [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I find myself alone with the steward who tells me has been working on this line for the past twenty-five years . |
| 2 | ‘ Therefore , Labour will be back in strength in the next election , and in the meantime , will be tiny of the performance of the council which has been elected on this occasion . ’ |
| 3 | The first point which has been raised on this appeal is the use of the present tense in section 31(2) of the Children Act 1989 . |
| 4 | By 1600 hours the load on PTA Sir Geraint , Which has been going on all afternoon , is complete to the Chief Officer 's satisfaction . |
| 5 | The first question which has been considered on this appeal is whether the justices were right in thinking that they had power in an appropriate case to order that there should be no contact between the mother and child under section 34(2) of the Act of 1989 . |
| 6 | He has been bailed on several sureties and appears in court tomorrow . ’ |
| 7 | George Hann says that in the years he has known about the business he has been approached on many occasions by people who ‘ come over as being very convincing but who turned out not to be genuine . |
| 8 | That the court can take such an initiative is well settled and indeed it has been done on several occasions in the past . |
| 9 | It has been debated on several occasions and it had its Second Reading in May 1989 when it was introduced by my hon. Friend the Member for Ealing , Acton ( Sir G. Young ) . |
| 10 | The debate has been characterised by deep-seated differences of opinion , but it has been recognised on both sides of the House that the British coal industry faces formidable challenges . |
| 11 | Chairman , can I say briefly that the merger and I 'm quite pleased that we 've finally er there is a death knell to this this awful word , it 's been bandied on for far too long , it 's been perhaps the single most controversial issue that has been debated by this authority along with some other mediocre issues and no one here would not admit er to the fact that it has been opposed on such massive scale and even today we 've had a further petition of three hundred and ninety five people opposing er this this this dreadful merger decision that was hanging over the er the the two centres and I 'm pleased that er this this er amendment , this er er erm this petition was brought forward today because it does indicate the continuing support and opposition to er the the kind of things that we should be doing and and those that we should n't . |
| 12 | It has been used on many ceremonial occasions over the past 25 years and serves as a constant reminder of the common history and friendship shared . |
| 13 | The Walls of Troy turf maze near Brandsby , North Yorkshire , is possibly the most ancient in Britain , though it has been re-cut on several occasions , most recently in 1934 , when carts using the grass verge had obliterated it . |
| 14 | Incredible to think that it has been going on all these years … |
| 15 | Mr. Speaker : I am sure that the Leader of the House has listened carefully and will have noted what has been said on this important matter . |
| 16 | And even if you 're more likely to favour M&S than Montana , Mugler or Miyake , do n't imagine for one moment that what has been shown on these mammoth runways wo n't affect what you buy next winter . |