Example sentences of "[noun pl] have been at [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Some of the breeding monkeys had been at Shamrock for seven or eight years . |
| 2 | With a bloody chin and an empty stomach , Manville had left his apartment already fuming , only to discover that vandals had been at work on his car during the night . |
| 3 | However , since 1977 various other forces have been at work in the cities and , consequently , have affected the efficacy and relevance of inner-urban policy . |
| 4 | Special task forces have been at work in each board to deal with the longest waiting lists and I have set aside an extra £1 million this year and in each of the next two years to support their work . |
| 5 | The societies have been at loggerheads with the Government over the past 12 months after Mr Lamont introduced a series of savings offers which attracted revenue away from the societies . |
| 6 | No one has ever accurately defined the Indo-Pakistan border at the head of the Siachen glacier , and since 1984 troops from both sides have been at war on the high passes of this inhospitable land . |
| 7 | Yet just at that moment — one occasionally suspects that the mythmakers have been at work on the story — the lookout sighted sails on the western horizon . |