Example sentences of "have been on [pron] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I once lied to Basil and this has been on my conscience for a long time . |
| 2 | It was mid-evening , and she 'd been on her beat for about ten minutes , when an elderly , smartly-dressed man passed her . |
| 3 | Going to the local shops with her aunt one afternoon , she broached the subject that had been on her mind for days . |
| 4 | Well I 've been on them Diodides for six year now . |
| 5 | ‘ We have a very large number of people who 've been on our books for between a year and 18 months and they are quality staff , people who would have been snapped up within 10 days , three years ago . ’ |
| 6 | I 've been on your trail for a long , long time . ’ |
| 7 | It is offering a special 4.99% two-year mortgage on leasehold properties that have been on its books for more than six months . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , our lot — the medical practitioners — have been on his tail for years . ’ |
| 9 | And it 's been on my heart for a long time to save . |
| 10 | This is something that 's been on my mind for a very long time and I mean , I , I , I think it 's about time we started getting rid of these things and updating our own toilets you know . |
| 11 | We 're just saying what 's been on our minds for a long time . ’ |