Example sentences of "have been on [noun] since " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Longhope boat , the David and Elizabeth King , E B , is a solent class self righting lifeboat and has been on station since nineteen seventy . |
| 2 | IN MID SEPTEMBER , 28XX class No.3822 returns to the Great Western Society from the West Somerset Railway where it has been on loan since March 19th this year . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | NHL president John Ziegler announced the players , who had been on strike since April 1 , had accepted a final offer and would return to work this weekend . |
| 5 | NHL president John Ziegler announced the players , who had been on strike since April 1 , had accepted a final offer and would return to work this weekend . |
| 6 | The mineworkers had been on strike since Nov. 30 , demanding pay rises of 300-600 per cent . |
| 7 | The strike was a show of solidarity with 3,500 workers in sherry production who had been on strike since the beginning of the month over pension rights . |
| 8 | They had been on stand-by since 10.00 a.m. and it was now after one o'clock , but they were as crisp and well-tailored as if they 'd just stepped on to the plane . |
| 9 | Jobless Wells had been on trial since Monday charged with murdering 64-year-old Vincent McGuire , his neighbour at a council-run hostel in central London 's Covent Garden last December . |
| 10 | She had been on duty since Friday morning . |
| 11 | Vouchers for kcs1,000 ( about US$34 ) , enabling the citizen to choose companies in which to purchase shares , had been on sale since Oct. 1 , and the list of enterprises to be privatized was available on Nov. 20 . |
| 12 | More than 300 workers have been on strike since 29 January over a dispute about enforced lay-offs . |
| 13 | ‘ Degas to Matisse : The Maurice Wertheim Collection from the Harvard University Art Museums ’ ( 14 February-25 April ) comprises forty-three representational works of consistent high quality , collected by New York investment banker Maurice Wertheim , and bequeathed in 1950 to his alma mater , where they have been on display since 1974 . |
| 14 | Users of the ‘ Pentium-ready ’ personal computer systems that have been on sale since the middle of last year — Intel Corp 80486-based boxes with a Pentium upgrade socket — wo n't get their OverDrive Pentiums , code-named the P24T , which plugs into the socket , until 1994 . |
| 15 | Users of the ‘ Pentium-ready ’ personal computer systems which have been on sale since the middle of last year — Intel Corp 80486-based boxes with a Pentium upgrade socket — wo n't get their OverDrive Pentiums , code-named the P24T , which plugs into the socket , until next year ( UX No 424 ) . |
| 16 | Aircraft leaving Hendon include three that have been on show since 1972 : Hawker P.1127 XP831 will be placed on loan with the Science Museum and be displayed at South Kensington . |