Example sentences of "the [noun] have be on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Paras have been jumping into one of the dropping zones on Salisbury Plain since first light , so the Scouts have been on standby on the DZ in case there should be any casualties . |
| 2 | The Lions have been on tour for a month . ’ |
| 3 | The headhunters have been on the warpath again : Tucson , Arizona-based Artisoft Inc reports that William Baker submitted his resignations as chief financial officer , ‘ to pursue other opportunities ’ . |
| 4 | Many of the refugees have been on the move for several years . |
| 5 | The workers have been on duty for the same amount of time whenever measurements are made . |
| 6 | For the past six weeks at Bristol Crown Court three companies involved in the manufacture or supply of the gantry have been on trail . |
| 7 | The teams have been on a rigorous training schedule for the hundred mile long test of skill and stamina . |
| 8 | The teams have been on a rigorous training schedule for the hundred mile long test of skill and stamina . |
| 9 | But many of the studies have been on non-diabetic subjects and the hypoglycaemic stimulus was not always identical . |
| 10 | Yet , although the excavations began in 1967 and about half of the paintings have been on exhibition in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens since the early 1970s , the other half have been neither exhibited nor published . |
| 11 | Nor has it always been the chub which were taken from the bottom ; several times the barbel have been on the bottom and the chub hovering above them . |
| 12 | The trouble is that since Chilcott 's dismissal for punching , players in the county have been on their best behaviour . |
| 13 | With the public appropriation of certain categories of property , however , the police have been on more certain ground , for the status attributed to the ‘ capture of the thief ’ has remained fairly constant , at least since the police were created as a public body . |
| 14 | Of the over three hundred entries , 30 short-listed by the assessors have been on display in Glasgow 's Princes Square , and are being shown at the RIBA in London until 3 March . |
| 15 | But where other churches have owned their own schools , as does the Church of Ireland in the South , a similar position has been adopted , though the reasons for the position have been on different grounds . |
| 16 | You-find that some of the hearties are doing the pilgrimage for the first time , and begin to limp quite early on ; , that some of the weeds have been on the pilgrimage once or even twice before — and finished . |
| 17 | Some of the claims have been on the basis of debatable information , and all have been highly selective and have only drawn attention to the adverse elements of research whilst ignoring much encouraging , positive information . |