Example sentences of "who [verb] [be] [v-ing] for [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | , 16 , who has been sailing for about seven years , said winning the championship was ‘ a surprise ’ . |
| 2 | My longcase clocks are entirely handcrafted , with brass and dial work , engraving , silvering , hand piercing and bluing , etc. … undertaken in association with Steve Kelly , the renowned Exeter clockmaker — who has been practising for more than 65 years — and other craft specialists . |
| 3 | This competition is open to anyone who has been trading for less than three years ( ie since May 1989 ) . |
| 4 | It is a sad and generally unrealised truth that the client who had been investing for upwards of nine months , probably knew considerably more than a new dealer . |
| 5 | Sheila , who had been ringing for over 20 years , told me that her father and grandfather had both been ringers . |
| 6 | She welcomed the work done and the fact that so many people who had been waiting for so long had been treated , but was concerned that health workers who had been working flat out to reduce the lists would not be able to maintain their work rate . |
| 7 | In a copy of Burma Today for March 1945 , which has somehow survived in my papers , I see an editorial which I wrote under the heading ‘ Britain 's Best Ambassador ’ , namely the BOR ( British Other Ranks ) , who had been fighting for over three years to liberate Burma . |
| 8 | The House may be interested to know that , because we were seeking to look at the effect of NHS management reforms over the first six months , we did not draw attention to the fact that the number of people who have been waiting for more than one year on in-patient lists is 37 per cent . |
| 9 | The annual Livewire competition is open to 16 to 25 year olds who have been trading for less then a year . |