Example sentences of "which [verb] been [v-ing] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.

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1 A curd which has been soaking in its own whey makes an acid cheese ( which explains the often sharp taste of Eastern Mediterranean white cheeses which are sometimes stored in whey ) .
2 I eventually got a chance to read the South Wales Aggregates Working Party 's Regional Commentary which has been sitting on my desk for months .
3 Fabia was seated in the back of the Mercedes , with Ivo driving down into the valley , when the smile which had been sporting about her mouth suddenly froze .
4 Ruth drew a deep breath , summoned all her courage , and blurted out the question which had been churning in her mind day and night for some time .
5 The libretto , which had been lying in his drawer for years , had been written by a M. Frontenac , who had known Alain-Fournier personally , and had been under the spell of his novel since it first appeared in 1913 .
6 One time I was in the classroom , and my sparrow , which had been sleeping in my pocket , suddenly woke up and began chirping loudly .
7 The adrenalin which had been pumping into her bloodstream since early the previous day had burned up all her reserves of energy .
8 But there remained the problem which had been gnawing at his mind for months as he waited for his enemy to come home : how was he to get into the castle itself ?
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