Example sentences of "[vb -s] [been] on the [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Felix has been on the scheme for nine months , Gerald for two years . |
| 2 | Although not the longest reigning ( Belgium 's King Baudouin has been on the throne for 41 years ) , she is undoubtedly the most widely recognised monarch in the world ( there are currently over a billion bank notes and 16 billion coins in circulation bearing her portrait ) . |
| 3 | She started ‘ working ’ at the age of 14 and has been on the streets for five years . |
| 4 | Howard , from Liverpool , has an England record of 20 Tests , officiated in both World Cups and has been on the panel for nine years . |
| 5 | Homelessness has been on the increase for a long time and Government initiatives , based as they are on encouraging the private sector to fill the gap left by local authorities , have been essentially piecemeal and fragmentary . |
| 6 | ‘ Reparations has been on the agenda for almost every generation of black Americans , ’ said Mr Walter Fauntroy , the District of Columbia 's representative in Congress . |
| 7 | Does the Minister recognise that the question of loan sharks has been on the agenda for the past 12 years , but that nothing positive has occurred other than the report to which he referred ? |
| 8 | It 's all speculation at present , however Britain is only one of two countries in the European Community that does n't levy VAT on newspapers and the subject has been on the agenda for some time . |
| 9 | He much prefers to drive something that has been on the market for two or three years , reasoning that most of the initial problems should have been ironed out . |
| 10 | Lotus Notes has been on the market for some time , and is already being used by many of the world 's largest companies . |
| 11 | Agents will no longer inform buyers of new instructions when the property has been on the market for upwards of two years . |
| 12 | The shop has been on the market for over a year , and I have been unable to find a buyer . |
| 13 | SongWright 5.1 is the latest version of a package that has been on the market for several years . |
| 14 | This five bedroomed victorian house … complete with trout stream anmd stable … has been on the market for three and a half years … the price has been reduced by thirty thousand pounds . |
| 15 | The site is commercial woodland which has been on the market for two years . |
| 16 | The Chinese made Groomers half inch hair brush has been on the market for eight years . |
| 17 | VAILA , a small Shetland island which has been on the market for more than 12 years , has been sold to a couple in London . |
| 18 | His house has been on the market for six months . |
| 19 | Though its timing caught out the markets , the krona/ecu link has been on the cards for some months . |
| 20 | The merger has been on the cards for some time and of course makes perfect sense . |
| 21 | Aside from that , Meany 's been street skating in the Greater Manchester area , Duffy 's been on the lookout for new terrain and unknown people existent in the South West , and also discovers a totally hot indoor bowl with a secret location and impeccable construction . |
| 22 | A prisoner who 's been on the run for more than six months has been recaptured . |
| 23 | Armed police have recaptured a prisoner who 's been on the run for five days after hijacking a taxi and holding a prison officer at knifepoint . |
| 24 | It 's now ten past eight , he 's been on the road for an hour and forty minutes , increasingly late . |
| 25 | From everything she says , it 's clear this gilgul 's been on the scene for quite a while — there is no way she could have learned what she 's learned , cleaned up her act and become who she is now if the only time she 's had to do it in was the brief interval between our confrontation at the Mephistco stand and her appearance on the beach at Bournemouth . |
| 26 | The list 's been on the listserv for over a week now , and everything seems to be going just fine ( with the exception of Declan 's wacky address : - ) |
| 27 | It 's been on the radio for hours . ’ |
| 28 | That 's been on the market for oh ages . |
| 29 | That 's been on the market for a long time . |
| 30 | Yeah , yeah , I 've know that , that 's been on the market for about a year , year and a half now . |