Example sentences of "who [verb] [been] [adj] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before turning to the detail of the debate , my hon. Friend the Minister of State for Health , who has been present for most of the debate , has asked me to apologise to the House on her behalf for the fact that she could not stay throughout . |
| 2 | The change of status , too , from ‘ wife , to ‘ widow ’ is felt very keenly by most women as a loss of considerable significance , which indeed it is ; for without a partner , a woman who has been married for some years may , unless she already has well developed interests outside her home , find that her social life is suddenly transformed in a very disturbing way . |
| 3 | The latter probably included correspondence with Colonel Filipović in Belgrade , who has been active for many years in agitating for firmer action |
| 4 | By the death , at the age of 66 , of Mr. Philip Henry Thomas which took place after a long illness , on Saturday the 18th instant , at his residence at 13 Rusham Road , Battersea loses a citizen who has been active for 40 years in championing the cause of Liberalism in this borough … . |
| 5 | District authorities in Devon banned the jump in the county because of fears over the type of crane to be used , said Mr Collier , who has been blind for 22 years . |
| 6 | District authorities in Devon banned the jump in the county because of fears over the type of crane to be used , said Mr Collier , who has been blind for 22 years . |
| 7 | 9.18–26 ; Luke 8.40–56 ) he heals a woman who has been unclean for many years because of a flow of blood . |
| 8 | Jane Bywaters , who has been responsible for much of the exhibition , said : ‘ We need to give people information so that they can make up their own minds about food and not be dictated to by the media and media events . ’ |
| 9 | She keeps her boyfriend , who has been unemployed for four years . |
| 10 | A mother in her early twenties in Coventry , who has been unemployed for most of the time since leaving school , said : |
| 11 | A wife , who had been married for six years , consulted the defendant firm of solicitors about her divorce proceedings . |
| 12 | When Godoy was contemplating patriotism his enemy Ferdinand , who had been intriguing for French support for some months , put all his faith in Napoleon 's endorsement of the revolution of Aranjuez . |
| 13 | DeRoburt , 69 , who had been ill for several years , had been President of Nauru from independence in 1968 until 1989 , apart from short interludes in 1976-68 ( when he was Leader of the Opposition ) and 1986 . |
| 14 | The breakthrough came in 1980 , when we received a copy of a letter to Michael Heseltine from a former Labour minister who had been responsible for historic buildings under the previous government . |
| 15 | From the day I first got an inkling of ‘ where babies come from ’ and taxed my mother with the proposition that I was therefore no relation to my father , I believed that it was me and me alone who had been responsible for all that pain and trouble called my birth . |
| 16 | He thought it better not to mention it was he who had been responsible for both his accidents . |
| 17 | The bulletins were written by Vincent Hartnett , who had been responsible for Red Channels , and AWARE was backed by Laurence Johnson , a supermarket owner with influence on the sponsors of radio and TV programmes , since their products were often sold through his chain of stores . |
| 18 | Joxe 's position was taken by Philippe Marchand , previously a Minister-Delegate at the Interior Ministry who had been responsible for Territorial Collectivities and Civil Security . |
| 19 | The Czech Republic gives citizenship only to those who have been resident for five years and ( a point still under discussion ) who can show competence in Czech . |
| 20 | This is particularly true for those with multiple symptoms who have been ill for many years . |
| 21 | That 's why we have put in place the most varied , comprehensive programme ever to help people who have been unemployed for six months or more . ’ |
| 22 | Those who have been unemployed for three or more years are not asked about their previous employment , and are thereby excluded from the survey . |
| 23 | However , those who have exhausted their rights to Unemployment Benefit , in other words who have been unemployed for longer than one year , have to work for at least 13 weeks . |
| 24 | to provide unemployed people , particularly those who have been unemployed for longer than six months and those in the inner cities , with job opportunities and help in job search skills , or opportunities to become self-employed or to find appropriate training ; |
| 25 | To provide unemployed people , particularly those who have been unemployed for longer than six months and those in inner cities , with job opportunities and help in job search skills , or opportunities to become self-employed or to find appropriate training . |
| 26 | Employers who take on people who have been unemployed for longer than either two years or four years , depending on the pilot area , will be paid a subsidy related to average benefits . |