Example sentences of "been on [noun sg] for [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the managers that come in and he 'd been on holiday for two weeks , but he knew ! |
| 2 | ‘ He was a devoted husband and had n't been on holiday for two years , ’ said son Liam , of Oundle , Northants . |
| 3 | She experienced changeable moods and panic attacks — she had n't been on holiday for 20 years and could n't even go out to dinner for fear of not being able to get away . |
| 4 | She has been on HRT for four years , has never suffered dryness again and attributes to it her general energy and enjoyment of life . |
| 5 | When the Minister visits north Devon will he consider the matter of British equipment and pay a visit to RAF Chivenor , which is waiting for the SAR Westland helicopters that have been on order for two years ? |
| 6 | Struggling to make himself heard above the chants of the crowd , the manager said : ‘ I have only been on Teesside for ten months , but thank you for making it memorable so far . |
| 7 | Not only had it been obvious from the map that they were ninety degrees off course but they had been on tarmac for nine miles after being told that the track in In Salah was dirt from its start . |
| 8 | A quarter of the country 's coal miners have been on strike for three weeks demanding the resignation of President Mikhail Gorbachev , the dissolution of the Soviet parliament and the transfer of power to the Federation Council , composed of the elected leaders of the 15 republics . |
| 9 | On March 26 , schools and colleges reopened in Tirgu Mures , including the Institute of Medicine and Pharmacy whose ethnic Hungarian students had been on strike for three weeks , and tension in the city and surrounding region was reported to have eased . |
| 10 | Within the balcony we 've got representatives from Tylers at Crawley , representatives of twenty three of our colleagues , who have been on strike for twenty weeks in defence of jobs , in defence of pay and equally important , in defence of safety standards |
| 11 | Detective Chief Inspector John Leicester Finch and Detective Constable Robert Turner had been on trial for eighteen days at Luton Crown Court . |
| 12 | She had been on call for forty-eight hours , had snatched very little sleep , and was about to enjoy two full days leave . |
| 13 | Available gasifiers are well-designed and economically competitive , but most have been on sale for 18 months or less . |
| 14 | I mean , I did get work at his mill in the summer of ‘ forty I 'd been on t'dole for four years , since I left school — but he went into the RAF not long after , and I did n't see him again till late ‘ forty-six . |
| 15 | ‘ Terry had been on tea for four years before he first began using horse . ’ |
| 16 | He had been on duty for nine hours without a break , and after changing the symbols had gone to obtain refreshment . |
| 17 | He 's been on remand for twenty months and always protested his innocence . |