Example sentences of "[noun] who have been [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | A much fresher horse who has been trained for this all season is Brown Windsor , fourth two years ago . |
| 2 | A group of publishers and journalists from 38 African countries has called on the United Nations to declare censorship a grave violation of human rights and has asked African governments to free journalists who have been jailed for their professional activities . |
| 3 | Bootle and Oxton players are unavailable for the match in which Liverpool 's Andy McDowell comes in for Barry Metcalf who has been picked for the Wales side against Dorset . |
| 4 | But when I got there I found I was in with kids who 'd been nicked for stealing or who 'd been on drugs or alcohol or glue , and girls who had been on the streets at 13 . |
| 5 | But behind the make-up there still lies a razor sharp intellectual who has been quoted for the past several years as one of the top 100 lawyers in the US . |
| 6 | ( Widowed woman receiving ( then ) supplementary benefit who had been caring for her frail mother for ten years ) |
| 7 | Eve had n't known that Birdie Mac who ran the sweet shop had a man from Ballylee who had been calling for fifteen years , but she would n't leave her old mother and the man from Ballylee would n't come to Knockglen . |
| 8 | This traditional story tells of a boy who had been substituted for the smith 's own son who had been taken away by fairies . |
| 9 | There followed a frantic exchange of telegrams between Rangoon and Whitehall in which the Governor offered various solutions to the prevailing deadlock , finally coming up with the unexpected suggestion that a new coalition ministry was possible with Paw Tun , the last premier of Burma before the invasion ; U Saw , his predecessor as premier , an unscrupulous schemer who had been interned for dealing with the Japanese ; and Aung San , previously portrayed by Dorman-Smith as a murderer and an enemy . |
| 10 | She was a quietly-spoken old lady who had been retired for seven years . |
| 11 | The girl who had been selected for me by Miss Sowerby never turned up . |
| 12 | Police in Lothian are increasingly concerned about the safety of a fifteen year old girl who 's been missing for ten days . |
| 13 | The catalyst for the rioting was the decision by an all-white jury to acquit four officers of the Los Angeles Police Department ( LAPD ) on charges arising from the beating of Rodney King , a motorist who had been stopped for traffic violations . |
| 14 | Even one would be good enough for there are riders who have been racing for years and have never gone well here . ’ |
| 15 | De Franco was appointed president of the Central Bank of Nicaragua replacing Raúl A. Lacayo Solórzano who had been criticized for his credit policies . |
| 16 | Dai Qing , a journalist on the intellectual newspaper Guangming Ribao who had been imprisoned for 10 months after the 1989 crackdown , and Hou Xiaotian , wife of the imprisoned dissident Wang Juntao , were detained by police for four and two days respectively after being contacted by US embassy officials to arrange a meeting during the visit . |
| 17 | A practical outcome from this incident was a new pair of deck shoes for Marty who had been campaigning for a replacement from Stores Branch for some time . |
| 18 | Or was he merely seeking to confuse people in the West who have been calling for military intervention ? |
| 19 | US military officials said that only about 130 people remained in detention out of a total of 5,300 Panamanians who had been held for questioning since the invasion . |
| 20 | Any Palestinian who had been arrested for " security violations " would be barred . |
| 21 | Nevertheless , the good news will bring some welcome relief to those homeowners who have been waiting for the best part of 1991 to sell their home . |
| 22 | KLF , ADAMSKI , SOUL II SOUL and HAPPY MONDAYS are just a few of the bands who have been nominated for the UK section of the Technics 1991 World DJ Awards , which are to be held at the London Palladium ( April 7 ) . |
| 23 | Shortly after his accession , he ordered the release of Catholics who had been imprisoned for refusing to go to church or for not taking oaths , and ordered the Exchequer to repay their fines . |
| 24 | Philip Larkin had already published two novels — Jill ( 1946 ) and A Girl in Winter ( 1947 ) — before he established himself in 1955 , with The Less Deceived , as the best poet of his generation ; and John Osborne 's first play ever to reach the public theatre , Look Back in Anger ( 1956 ) , was written by an actor untouched by academia who had been writing for several years and a stranger to all of them . |
| 25 | Salesmen from Harvard and other licensed dealers who have been interviewed for jobs at companies such as Barclays de Zoete Wedd , Greenwell Montague , and Kitcat & Aitken have sometimes felt an obligation to explain their present work position . |
| 26 | The single parent building a home on supplementary benefit does n't have the tools acquired by workers who 've been earning for twenty or forty years . |
| 27 | The modern bureaucracy is a hierarchical organization which is staffed by individuals who have been recruited for a full-time career within such organizations . |
| 28 | Maha was a lushly beautiful woman who had left the husband who had been arranged for her . |
| 29 | The man , who said his name was Dave , told detectives about a friend who 'd been looking for Carol shortly before she died . |
| 30 | All had two or more close relatives who had been treated for the disease . |