Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [verb] been [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And what about Body Shop supremo Anita Roddick , the woman who has been feted for the last ten years as some kind of environmentally conscious feminist icon . |
| 2 | Here 's another new model from guy who has been riding for the same big-time company for literally eons . |
| 3 | Jenny Pitman is another who has been waiting for the rain before releasing a very strong team . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Walker , the England Youth international goalkeeper , who has been deputising for the injured Thorstvedt , gave away a free kick just inside his penalty area by taking too many steps with the ball . |
| 6 | ‘ This time was a much more pleasant occasion , ’ said John , 45 , who has been running for the last seven years . |
| 7 | Though Alan Watt is back training , he is not included in GH-K 's 24-strong squad , which includes a French No8 , Franck Gruel , who has been playing for the 2nds . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He says that moral is low , with workers now waiting to see who have been chosen for the latest redundancies . |
| 10 | It quickly emerged that a good deal of potential support was coming from those Conservative Members who had been elected for the first time . |
| 11 | She hardly listened to Mr Lessing 's explanation ; the tutor was his cousin , who had been intended for the Church but proved to have divergent views from his bishop , and had resigned . |
| 12 | Apart from anything else , his family came from Glasgow ( unlike twenty-five of the thirty-one Scottish lord lieutenants , Admiral Bryson had also been educated in Scotland ) , as several of the big Sussex landowners who had been hoping for the job quickly pointed out . |
| 13 | All had two or more close relatives who had been treated for the disease . |
| 14 | Earlier , police in Pretoria had on Sept. 17 arrested Piet ( " Skiet " ) Rudolph , deputy leader of the far-right Boerestaat party , who had been wanted for the previous four months in connection with bombings and arms thefts . |
| 15 | The suspected assassin , José Sales , who was arrested later , was believed to be a professional gunman hired by local landowners who had been blamed for the murder in 1985 of his predecessor Joao Canuto . |
| 16 | This traditional story tells of a boy who had been substituted for the smith 's own son who had been taken away by fairies . |
| 17 | And while we were talking about Crippen , it would probably be unwise to choose as a role model someone who had been topped for the offence . |
| 18 | Mr Clarke effectively slapped down the Cabinet dissenters — John Redwood , Peter Lilley and Michael Portillo — who have been calling for the already-tight £254 billion spending target to be cut . |
| 19 | Mr Clarke effectively slapped down the Cabinet dissenters — John Redwood , Peter Lilley and Michael Portillo — who have been calling for the already-tight £254bn spending target to be cut . |
| 20 | The duke presented certificates to the first 16 volunteers who have been trained for the scheme . |
| 21 | Those who have been waiting for the newly published syllabus for Part 2 , which is also to be run at Greenhill starting in the Autumn on Thursdays from 9.30am to 12.30pm , should contact the tutor , Sybil Kenton . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | We 're all keeping our fingers crossed here at — to hear if there 's fame and fortune in store for the — a family at who have been shortlisted for the TV game show , Family Fortunes . |
| 24 | 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 ) . |