Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [verb] [been] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ This is a girl who has been crying out for help , ’ one aide said .
2 Also there were the people who 'd been coming in to the shop when it was still Let It Rock .
3 They 've gone , all those people who 've been marching around inside my head : Mum , Dad , teachers , infuriating old Brian — even Cal who 's everyone 's friend when I 'm nobody 's friend but she 's special to me …
4 The two men , who 've been waiting up to a year for treatment , are both muslims .
5 Both he and Amiss had spent a considerable time comforting Sunil , who had been throwing up on and off for over an hour .
6 Lionel who had been catching up on news from Yorkshire , said , ‘ My brother tells me Hawksworth at the Hall has netted an enormous fish .
7 The rest of the breakfasters , who had been gazing on with fascination , returned also to their newspapers , with the exception of Fishbane , on whom Gooseneck now turned .
8 Thierse replaced Markus Meckel , the Foreign Minister , who had been standing in since the March resignation of Ibrahim Böhme [ see p. 37302 ] .
9 Thierse replaced Markus Meckel , the then Foreign Minister , who had been standing in since the March resignation of Ibrahim Böhme [ see p. 37302 ] .
10 Doctors ordered the star , who had been playing up to 150 gigs every year for the last 10 years , to rest or maybe wreck his voice for good .
11 All the students , even those who have been staring out of the window , react to this .
12 If you want to study the most refined version of clothes-talk , just look at all the elegant women who have been turning up in court recently .
13 This allowance is very limited — it is available only for married women whose child/children are over four years of age and who have been signing on for the previous six months .
14 The Bishop of Tewkesbury , who 's been standing in for Bishop Peter , spoke of his sadness over the resignation .
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