Example sentences of "[vb base] been on [art] [noun] for " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Well , I 've been on the road for three days . ’
2 Many years ago I came across the card in the Doll Museum in Wrexham and I 've been on the lookout for it every since . ’
3 mhm When you first started , though , Eva Barnes , you 're the deputy leader of the Labour group now , you 've been on the Council for how long ?
4 As the shop door closed behind her , Miss Belle , speaking breathlessly as if she had been running , said , ‘ We 've been on the look-out for you .
5 Margot Farnham : I 'm involved in the Trouble and Strife collective which is a radical feminist British journal , it 's our fifth birthday issue , we 've been going since 1983 and I 've been on the collective for two years .
6 I 've been on the list for an operation since February .
7 We 've been on the booze for five days and the boys only settled the hotel bar bill at six o'clock on Thursday morning .
8 ‘ Listen , Tone , I 've been on the game for eighteen years , woman and girl , and I 've had some strange ones in my time , but never anyone like this .
9 I have been on the council for three or four years , perhaps one of the more outspoken ones . ’
10 We there 's Don and myself two individuals who have been on the course for incident training with Fire Brigade .
11 There are now almost 50,000 people in the region who have been on the dole for more than a year .
12 Since a success with Corydoras panda I have been on the lookout for other species of catfish to work with so I gratefully headed home with my new charges .
13 Nine of DTC 's 50 strong fleet of single decker buses and 13 of United 's 216 fleet have been on the road for almost 20 years .
14 ‘ These new premises have been on the cards for some time . ’
15 Many of the refugees have been on the move for several years .
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