Example sentences of "[been] [v-ing] a [noun] for [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Alexandra Palace and Park , the latest company willing to take up the baton , has been administering a relaunch for the premises through the offices of Bizat , a genial exhibitions and catering specialist , who had been at the place only 11 weeks , in 1980 , when afire near the great organ gutted much of it and necessitated major reconstruction . |
2 | Her adopted father , Arthur Harrison , also of North Green , Staindrop , has been keeping a vigil for the daughter he has barely spoken to since she was 17 . |
3 | He 's been writing a column for the Sunday Express , occupying the space most famously enjoyed by John Junor , the laird of Auchtermuchty . |
4 | They 'd been sharing a cell for the last two years . |
5 | She has been doing a voice-over for a commercial for a magazine today , which will keep her mind off her problems . ’ |
6 | The man on his left had been doing a scarf for a year , she said . |
7 | I 've been loafing a bit for the last few days . |
8 | In Arequipa I had watched women in the church of Santo Domingo giggle happily as they dressed the Virgin for a procession ; , behaving much as if they had been preparing a girl for a wedding , not a poor girl though , rather one Velasquez might be called upon to paint . |
9 | Mr Renaudat is believed to have been arranging a deal for a large supply of arms captured by Chad during the war with Libya to be sold to the Lebanese Christians , through intermediaries in Tunis and Iraq . |
10 | ‘ We 've been planning a family for a while but I would n't be surprised if the baby 's born and we have n't decided on a name , ’ she says . |