Example sentences of "[conj] had been on " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , when asked in 1947 to replace an old dirty power station that had been on the site since 1891 , he soon forgot such idealism and , like any architect , was glad to have the job . |
| 2 | Marie , sick and trembling , overwhelmed with fear and guilt at her own actions , was already kneeling down with a dustpan and brush , sweeping up the broken glass from the tomato-sauce bottle that had been on the table . |
| 3 | During the same month the Young Republicans barricaded themselves into a house in Harvey Street to resist the eviction of a family that had been on the housing list for eighteen years . |
| 4 | The dunes that had been on the left were replaced by a sandstone ridge and the sand on that side of the road was now black . |
| 5 | After a while she sat up and slowly began to undress to her camisole and her waist petticoat ; then , turning up the gas that had been on a low jet , she went across the room to the wash-hand stand and poured water from the jug into the basin . |
| 6 | She hated arriving at places unannounced and , although Charles Caldecott had always been at his most ingratiating when he met her , that had been on social occasions . |
| 7 | They got ashore dry shod — as they described those landings in which you do not get your feet wet — but in these harsh conditions , Lieutenant Arthur Komrower suffered severe back and leg injuries when he was crushed between a rock and the 10-ton assault craft that had been on fire . |
| 8 | And then Rufus was asleep , his head turned on to the muscle of his upper arm , the fingers that had been on Adam 's shoulder retracting as they relaxed . |
| 9 | Going to the local shops with her aunt one afternoon , she broached the subject that had been on her mind for days . |
| 10 | The Paddington Bear wallpaper that had been on the walls for years was mocking her . |
| 11 | The were taken by limousine through the streets of Manhattan , observing with awe the eight magnificent structures that had been on the market for many months and which no one had wanted to buy . |
| 12 | He went into his bedroom , returned almost at once with the oil-lamp that had been on the table when we had dinner . |
| 13 | Patrick had seen the chance to ask a question that had been on his mind a long time . |
| 14 | And saved : The ice rink that had been on the skids . |
| 15 | Given the previous level of set-net effort , however , the population was probably originally much larger , and had been on the decrease for many years , at least since the rapid expansion of set-net use in the mid 1970s . |
| 16 | Wheeler said he had been a member of the force for twelve and a half years and had been on duty on the Docks since last August . |
| 17 | The man was a fellow-American and had been on a tour of European branches for the previous three days . |
| 18 | The agent , a good one , reported that the affair was n't quite as dramatic as first accounts had suggested and had been on a far smaller scale , but that students had definitely been involved and at least one of them appeared badly hurt . |
| 19 | Arthur Skyrne was 59 and had been on the dole for ten years when he joined Roseberry ; now he is site safety officer and one of the directors of the company . |