Example sentences of "that [verb] [be] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 We decided to test a model that has been round for some time on the professional market , and is popular amongst tradesman working on side — the Makita 6012HDW Cordless Driver Drill .
2 Electronics is a universal tool that has been around for a while and which can be used to control electrical circuits — not a common art form .
3 They got fed up when there was one and only a party that has been out of power and living in blinkers for the past 12 years could possibly propose returning to a naked property tax .
4 Er it 's partly using some questions that 've been around for a very long time but there 're some subtle variations and some new ones added in , okay ?
5 He was like an old car that had been around in the neighbourhood for a long time , loaned out among your friends , used and passed on , so that when it got to you in your time , you knew what you were getting .
6 No rivets could be used that had been out of the refrigerator for more than two hours .
7 The child who opened the door to him was the one that had been out in the fields with his father .
8 The men at the headman 's house decided , on behalf of the village , that every dog that had been out in the night , possibly taking part in the fight and helping bring down the rabid dog , would have to be killed : and all bitches on heat , whether they 'd been inside or out , must also be killed .
9 We joined the group that had been out in sleet and gales in December , hoping to experience a typical day 's training .
10 Few ‘ moderate missions ’ are definite either , despite proposals that have been around for many years .
11 So far there have been no serious incidents as a result of lights that have been out of action , but there is a possibility of accidents occurring . ’
12 Computer Users of Europe ( CUE ) , a user group that 's been around for some time on an informal basis , has gone official : it has drafted a constitution and has a steering committee working on making it formal .
13 I mean surely that is a subject that 's been around for a hundred years ?
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