Example sentences of "[verb] be [v-ing] [noun] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For more than a century the Board has been providing qualifications for industry that are internationally recognised and this pedigree leaves it ideally positioned to contribute to the growing need for transportable workplace focused qualifications . |
| 2 | Captain Humphreys ' company Marine Archeological Recovery Ltd has retrieved items from June 1988 onwards and has been consigning items for sale at auction since that date . |
| 3 | SIDT 's initial start-up funding and training support came from the Foundation for the Peoples of the South Pacific ( FSP ) and for the last four years , the UK Foundation ( FSP/UK ) , based in Edinburgh , has been raising money for SIDT throughout Europe . |
| 4 | A woman whose daughter died after a lifetime in pain with arthritis has been raising funds for research into the disease . |
| 5 | DEC is trying to gain visibility for the 661 companies it says are converting programmes for Alpha RISC . |
| 6 | At the Court of Appeal today , Rachael 's solicitor explained that he 'd been frightened of losing the children , and that for several weeks before the killing he 'd been taking medication for depression . |
| 7 | He 'd been receiving treatment for depression and friends believe he committed suicide . |
| 8 | Our club members had been knitting cushions for charity and at the beginning of question time Georgie asked if she could tell the story of her cushion . |
| 9 | Mr Prais said the accused had been receiving treatment for depression at the State Hospital in Carstairs and the Crown 's view was that psychiatric help should be continued . |
| 10 | She had been cooking rice for supper . |
| 11 | THEY 'VE been making room for murder at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre , Guildford this week , and proved that given the right stage , crime certainly does pay . |
| 12 | Some elderly people suffer from iron deficiency due to a very slight , and sometimes unrecognisable , blood loss from such conditions as piles , diverticulitis , hiatus hernia — and occasionally bleeding from the stomach , if they have been taking aspirin for rheumatism daily for long periods , and this may cause anaemia . |
| 13 | The Clarke family have been brewing beer for past 140 years . |
| 14 | Get set for the Kielder Classic , the final race in the Moore Large Series of mountain biking events which have been raising money for Help the Aged throughout the year . |
| 15 | For more than a decade I have been running workshops for Postgraduate Certificate in Education ( PGCE ) students at the University of London , first at the Institute of Education and later at Chelsea College and King 's College . |