Example sentences of "[been] [prep] the [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ladbrokes had quoted Jenny Pitman 's gelding , who has been off the course for over two and a half years , at 33-1 but have now scratched him from their list . |
| 2 | ‘ It would be marvellous if The Committee were to win the National , ’ Scott said , ‘ for the two owners have been immensely patient and have let me get on with bringing the horse back to his best after he had been off the course for two and a half years . ’ |
| 3 | Chatam had not been seen in public since finishing fourth to Sibton Abbey in the Hennessy at Newbury in November , and Pipe said yesterday : ‘ It was a fine run considering he had been off the course for so long and he goes for the Gold Cup with every chance . |
| 4 | Glaisdale almost certainly needed that outing for he had been off the course for more than three months . |
| 5 | The fourth stage was planned to take place in late March and will show what our position is after we have been off the air for some time . |
| 6 | He says that he is clean now ; Issy and him have been off the stuff for five whole days . |
| 7 | The Schimmel sale was a perfect opening for the nervous novice , as the works were fresh , having been off the market for decades , familiar from exhibitions and publications , and generally trouble-free . |
| 8 | They are very , very , very quick indeed and very , very efficient , and this is why , since the War London has been the centre of the recording industry , simply because it 's been worth the while for Americans in recording companies , for example , to record in London rather than anywhere else because we are so efficient . |
| 9 | Pool on the Add with a monster trout in it ; been after the swine for months . |
| 10 | I had n't been near the place for four years . |
| 11 | Six tries was just what the doctor ordered for a Gloucester team that 's been under the weather for too long this season … and this win was even more rewarding when you think that six first teamers were missing … |
| 12 | Ruth , who qualified with Deloittes in 1977 and also spent three years as a journalist with Accountants Weekly , has been with the Institute for over 10 years . |
| 13 | None of them knew that she had been with the FBI for two years , where she had specialized in the use of firearms , before joining UNACO three years ago . |
| 14 | Some of them were loyal and trusted men who had been with the Prince for years and , as well as relying heavily upon them , he liked them . |
| 15 | Should this happen , you may be entitled to compensation providing you have been with the firm for more than two years . |
| 16 | Victor Vince , the Company 's General Manager has been with the firm for the past twenty years , Victor served five years in the RAF as an Aircraft Electrician tending to the needs of Bomber Command 's Halifaxes and Lancasters . |
| 17 | The senior partner , Mr Alan Vickers , has been with the firm for 40 years but still can not claim to be the longest-serving member of staff . |
| 18 | Er , she runs the whole of this course , and erm she 's been with the school for years . |
| 19 | I must have been with the vet for an hour but the driver was still waiting to take me home . |
| 20 | Paul has been with the council for years . |
| 21 | Only 17 per cent of the older workers had been with the company for less than ten years ( only 5 per cent for less than five years ) , while 68 per cent had twenty years or more service . |
| 22 | Answers to questions about their fellow workers ' reactions when they heard the news of planned redundancies suggested a difference in attitude between some of those who were close to pension age and had been with the company for long periods and other workers . |
| 23 | Longest member of staff was Kath 's ‘ No 1 Personal Assistant ’ , Iris Gibbard , who had been with the Company for 26 years , but sadly lost her fight against cancer in October 1990 , having worked to within three days of her death , this being Iris 's last wish . |
| 24 | Ralph McFarlane from Pest control Leeds North has been with the company for over 21 years . |
| 25 | Jackie has been with the Company for the last four years and the Argos Service Manager Gwynne Davis ca n't speak highly enough of her work . |
| 26 | Stanley Peters has been with the company for five years . |
| 27 | Graham has been with the company for 25 years and to mark the occasion of his first quarter century achievement , an inscribed watch was presented to him by Ralph Ellis , Chief Executive of Stoddard Sekers International Plc . |
| 28 | Jeff works in the dyehouse and has been with the company for ten years . |
| 29 | Billy , who operates a Tufting Machine at Lyle Carpets , has been with the company for two years . |
| 30 | Jacquard cards for a complicated Swedish order are cut by Mrs Wendy Connolly who has been with the company for ten years . |