Example sentences of "[noun sg] who has [been] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Philip Jones Griffiths , a Magnum photographer who has been going to Vietnam for 23 years , say , s ‘ We used to joke that you can take the photographer out of Vietnam but not Vietnam out of the photographer ’ . |
| 2 | CONCERN was growing today for a 13-year-old schoolgirl who has been missing from her home in Limerick for six days . |
| 3 | It is natural for a person who has been working towards a survey for several months to overlook the fact that the respondent has never heard of this wonderful enquiry and may be utterly baffled by it ; but in this lies a great danger of asking poor questions , insufficiently considered from the respondents ' viewpoint . |
| 4 | ( a ) Children in need Section 20(1) requires every local authority : to provide accommodation for any child in need within their area who appears to them to require accommodation as a result of : ( a ) there being no person who has parental responsibility for him ; ( b ) his being lost or having been abandoned ; or ( c ) the person who has been caring for him being prevented ( whether or not permanently , and for whatever reason ) from providing him with suitable accommodation or care . |
| 5 | In it , a small child roams the streets , talking to strangers , until he finally goes off with a woman who has been wandering about pushing an empty pram . |
| 6 | POLICE believe a body washed up on a beach in Kent might be that of a young Essex woman who has been missing for two months . |
| 7 | POLICE are concerned about the safety of a 20-year-old woman who has been missing for a week . |
| 8 | The crowds at Constitution Dock cheered the owner who has been trying for 20 years to score a major success in this race . |
| 9 | A man who has been living on the verge of success for so long now he 's been elected mayor , PIERCE TURNER is nonetheless happy , And with one of the year 's best albums , ‘ Now Is Heaven ’ , under his belt , why should n't he be ? |
| 10 | An old man who has been living in exile returns to Prague in 1998 . |
| 11 | POLICE are becoming increasingly concerned for the safety of a man who has been missing from Gartloch Hospital in Glasgow for six days . |
| 12 | HOPES were fading last night for an Anglesey man who has been missing in an Alaskan wilderness for five days . |
| 13 | A tradesman who has been ringing at the front door for several minutes gives up and goes away . |
| 14 | And we have had the trust secretary who has been working on our behalf voluntarily for some time now . |
| 15 | Jim Cotterill and Lorrie Austin , who is obliged to play in a police match , are also out , but Andrew Kennedy , the Grammar schoolboy who has been piling on the runs , is available . |
| 16 | Jim Cotterill and Lorrie Austin , who is obliged to play in a police match , are also out , but Andrew Kennedy , the Grammar schoolboy who has been piling on the runs , is available . |
| 17 | Matthew Radford is an English painter who has been working in New York for the past ten years . |
| 18 | The Blackrag Madonna nods as he speaks , then whispers to a scrap of a follower who has been hiding in her robes throughout the interview . |
| 19 | There is the formidable barrier too in goalkeeper Valdemaras Martinkenas , a 28-year-old who has been playing with Dinamo Kievf and three others with Austrian clubs are defenders Arvydas Janonis ( St Polten ) , Romas Mazheikas ( FC Krems ) and striker Stasys Baranavskas ( FC Vienna ) . |
| 20 | Police are warning elderly people to be on their guard against a bogus council worker who has been calling at homes in the Forest of Dean . |
| 21 | Also taking part was Geoff Pymer , the 81-year-old former speedway rider who has been acting as Tony Jacklin 's caddie on the European tour recently . |
| 22 | Here 's another new model from guy who has been riding for the same big-time company for literally eons . |
| 23 | When a tenant who is not already a council tenant applies for a council house , the local authority , before granting a secure tenancy finds out whether the council house will be occupied by the tenant alone or whether the council house will become the joint home of the tenant and a member of the tenant 's family who has been residing with the tenant . |