Example sentences of "[noun prp] has [be] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Strach has been on his last legs for the past 2 seasons and while he still produces high quality performances more often than not he is looking more tired with each game he plays , not suprising for someone of his age . |
| 2 | One of the Moths now at Mandevelle has been on static display in a motor museum for years , and is now almost ready to leap into the air again ; an excellent idea . |
| 3 | Felix has been on the scheme for nine months , Gerald for two years . |
| 4 | Living rough : Stewart has been on the streets in Edinburgh for three years , sleeping wherever he can find shelter and surviving on a mixture of benefits and begging . |
| 5 | For Denny has been on the local comedy circuit for nearly a decade and was a runner-up in the Scouseology Awards two years ago . |
| 6 | Erika Barnes has been on the towpath in London to meet them |
| 7 | ‘ Not only will everyone be rushing back to the city today , after the weekend vacation , but I understand Ross has been on the phone , getting the air-conditioning fixed and also seeing about someone to help you with the kids . |
| 8 | Philadelphia has been on the brink of going bust for months . |
| 9 | Ironing out visual problems on the set is just one of the tasks that the 33-year-old Kilsyth-born Hamilton has had to deal with in the five weeks that GMTV has been on air . |
| 10 | Dr Carol Starkie has been on sick leave from Selly Oak hospital since May 25 , South Birmingham Health Authority said . |
| 11 | ‘ Hartmut Kopsch has been on the phone , ’ said my wife Annie , ‘ about a job in Cranham . |
| 12 | Poaching has been on the increase in the Indian subcontinent since the mid-1980s , when stocks of tiger bone remaining from an officially sanctioned extermination campaign in China in the 1960s were exhausted . |
| 13 | Wilf has been on the telly screens since the 1960s when he was the resident potty professor in the arty award-winning show Vision On . |
| 14 | Although not the longest reigning ( Belgium 's King Baudouin has been on the throne for 41 years ) , she is undoubtedly the most widely recognised monarch in the world ( there are currently over a billion bank notes and 16 billion coins in circulation bearing her portrait ) . |
| 15 | A a to be fair Steve Steve has been on standby has n't he ? |
| 16 | Tim Roth has been on the edge of major success for years . |
| 17 | Mansell has been on a flying visit to the Williams HQ at Didcot in Oxfordshire where he talked about his life and challenges . |
| 18 | in Gloucester navigator Ade Jeffries has been on a crash course to lose the fat and get fit … |
| 19 | Oxford 's Nichola Simpson has been on target in the British Outdoor Archery Championship … she won the indoor title last year now she 's done the double … |
| 20 | In official games , Platt has been on the mark twice in 13 appearances for the Italian giants and that represents a dramatic decline in his career ratio . |
| 21 | Recycling of paper and cardboard in Europe has been on the increase since 1989 . |
| 22 | The main emphasis of the HIDB has been on halting depopulation by the saving and creation of employment . |
| 23 | Mr Harris has been on California 's death row for 11 years and has appealed under habeas corpus eight times . |
| 24 | PRINCE Charles has been on holiday in the South of France with a beautiful physiotherapist . |
| 25 | I mention this and , since Sandra has been on The Word , after a while she remembers Amanda . |
| 26 | Greg has been on the take-over path for 11 years now . |
| 27 | Until an hour or two ago I certainly did n't know that this problem had arisen , but the date April has been on the lips of my er Honourable Friend er and of the Noble Minister er I used to represent part of the City of Leeds and Honourable er a and Noble Lord you 'll have heard recently of behaviour at Elland Road Football Ground on the death of Sir Matt Busby and one can only wonder what sort of people er we 're dealing with , but many of them arrive at Leeds City Station on the day of a match and they come early and they have then to get their way to Elland Road and there are often real problems . |
| 28 | Madonna has been on the cover of every major magazine . |
| 29 | It notes that while the rest of the country has developed its community services , the ‘ overwhelming emphasis ’ in inner London has been on hospital facilities . |
| 30 | Mel Smith has been on the opening show of two series so far , and it was the first thing he mentioned . |