Example sentences of "who [verb] [be] [v-ing] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The brave star , who has been battling cancer for four years , admits that she still suffers from terrible stagefright . |
| 2 | Lawrence , who has been playing golf for almost three years , has a handicap of 20 . |
| 3 | My first contact with Todd , was through a teacher in the program who had been providing catechesis for Todd . |
| 4 | Another recent item in he BMJ ( vol 284 , p 791 ) , for example , concerned an unhappy lady who had been drinking Dettol for at least 10 years in order to ‘ purify ’ herself . |
| 5 | As in the first survey , over 90 per cent of the opioid users attending Wirral 's main treatment facilities in 1985–6 were daily users of heroin , who had been using heroin for between six months and five years . |
| 6 | Alcalde , who had been awaiting trial for supplying operational information to ETA , had contested the general election from prison ; he was not elected , but on the assassination of Muguruza automatically became his successor . |
| 7 | Gordon 's favours Umbrian juniper berries — and the Scarponis , who have been harvesting juniper for Gordon 's for over 40 years , use their local knowledge to find the very best juniper Umbria can offer . |
| 8 | Are You Listening ? provides extra listening practice for children who have been studying English for a year or two . |