Example sentences of "[pron] have been on duty [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been on duty in the Met Office since 8am , and managed to comb my hair and put on some lipstick before going straight down to the dance with June , one of the other Met Waafs . |
| 2 | Detective Sergeant Burgess went off to report to his Superintendent , and Redpath , who 'd been on duty since midnight , decided to try for a few hours ' sleep . |
| 3 | She had been on duty since Friday morning . |
| 4 | The death of a remand prisoner was confirmed on April 3 and on April 5 a prison officer who had been on duty on April 1 died of a heart attack . |
| 5 | There was no sign of the two policemen who had been on duty at the cordon . |
| 6 | He had been on duty for nine hours without a break , and after changing the symbols had gone to obtain refreshment . |
| 7 | He had been on duty in a trailer outside the shop in Ilminster , Essex . |