Example sentences of "[noun sg] that have been on " in BNC.
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| 1 | And saved : The ice rink that had been on the skids . |
| 2 | Patrick had seen the chance to ask a question that had been on his mind a long time . |
| 3 | SongWright 5.1 is the latest version of a package that has been on the market for several years . |
| 4 | He went into his bedroom , returned almost at once with the oil-lamp that had been on the table when we had dinner . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Going to the local shops with her aunt one afternoon , she broached the subject that had been on her mind for days . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The Paddington Bear wallpaper that had been on the walls for years was mocking her . |
| 11 | 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 . |