Example sentences of "been [prep] [art] [noun pl] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has been with the police for 19 years , and has served at Colchester , Chelmsford , police HQ and for two years worked for Scotland Yard in conjunction with Interpol . |
| 2 | He had been with the police for 14 years and only recently transferred to Whickham police station near Gateshead . |
| 3 | Nimslo will also give no firm figures for sales in the US where the system has been in the shops for a year . |
| 4 | The mortgage market has been in the doldrums for three years and lending is shrinking steadily , partly because there is only a trickle of new customers and partly because existing customers are paying off at least part of their mortgages when they can . |
| 5 | Three families in Ayrshire , for instance , who had eight children taken away in a raid in June 1990 ; little was heard of their situation until after the Orkney case had been in the headlines for some time . |
| 6 | The conciliation staff did a bit of homework , and found out how fond Swindown had been over the years for concealing motion and valve gear between the frames , which did not arouse enthusiasm amongst the more portly fitters , who had plenty of experience of these delights with the collective works of F.W. Webb and other C.M.E. 's designs . |
| 7 | For example , people working here in acoustics and radiation physics never know which SERC committee will finally examine their applications — some of our recent applications have been to the committees for Biology , Chemistry , Chemical Engineering , Mechanical Engineering , Polymer Engineering , the joint SERC/SSRC committee or even sent off to ARC . |
| 8 | ‘ He has n't been to the baths for months . ’ |
| 9 | He 'd been on the roads for days and they still retained their winter mire , despite the advent of finer spring weather . |
| 10 | She started ‘ working ’ at the age of 14 and has been on the streets for five years . |
| 11 | The Paddington Bear wallpaper that had been on the walls for years was mocking her . |
| 12 | Though its timing caught out the markets , the krona/ecu link has been on the cards for some months . |
| 13 | Been on the cards for ages , that wedding . |
| 14 | The merger has been on the cards for some time and of course makes perfect sense . |
| 15 | ‘ These new premises have been on the cards for some time . ’ |
| 16 | Speaking to Irish state radio from Baidoa , Concern spokesman Michael O'Reilly said : ‘ Unfortunately this had been on the cards for some time . |
| 17 | It 's been on the cards for so long I think everyone 's had enough . |
| 18 | Whether it 's petty cash , invoicing , or conference organising , 's your person ! has been at the maltings for just over a year and takes care of all those time consuming , but essential , administration services , appreciated by us all . |