Example sentences of "who [vb past] been [verb] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man , who said his name was Dave , told detectives about a friend who 'd been looking for Carol shortly before she died . |
| 2 | people who 'd been expelled for cannabis , |
| 3 | Merlin , who 'd been covering for Paul and protecting the South Sussex 's goal , cleared once again , but Perdita blocked his shot . |
| 4 | He was awakened later by the sound of laughter and , heaving himself out of his chair , he joined two Tories , John Taylor , the unsuccessful candidate for Cheltenham , and Mirj Deva , who had been elected for Brentford and Isleworth . |
| 5 | As a result of the changes Richard Prebble , who had been dismissed for disloyalty in November 1988 by David Lange , Palmer 's predecessor [ see p. 36294 ] , returned to the government . |
| 6 | There were some who had been destined for fighters , especially Meteors , who found themselves headed for a dreaded bomber tour . |
| 7 | These results suggest that the children of fathers who had been monitored for exposure to external penetrating ionising radiation in the nuclear industry may be at increased risk of developing leukaemia before their fifth birthday . |
| 8 | Patients with complex partial epilepsy refractory to medical treatment , and who had been assessed for epilepsy surgery , were studied between April , 1989 and October , 1992 . |
| 9 | In R. v. Jordan ( 1967 ) Jordan , who had been sentenced for offences under the Race Relations Act 1965 , applied for a writ of habeas corpus claiming that he had been convicted under an invalid law . |
| 10 | The catalyst for the rioting was the decision by an all-white jury to acquit four officers of the Los Angeles Police Department ( LAPD ) on charges arising from the beating of Rodney King , a motorist who had been stopped for traffic violations . |
| 11 | Of the 23 disabled professionals who had been accepted for training as disabled people , eight reported that their entry qualifications were better than average , and five thought that this had been a major factor in their acceptance for training . |
| 12 | Of the 23 health and caring professionals who had been accepted for training as disabled people , eight had experienced difficulty . |
| 13 | The agreement paved the way for the opening of talks on Jan. 11 , 1993 , and was followed by a goodwill gesture on Dec. 24 in which the armed forces released from military detention three generals and 40 other officers who had been imprisoned for involvement in coup attempts . |
| 14 | Trevor Ford , the aggressive Welsh centre-forward , who had been signed for Sunderland as part of Ditchburn 's lavish spending programme ( earning Sunderland the name of ‘ The Bank of England club ’ ) , confirmed that abuse of the system was widespread in the First Division . |
| 15 | Later , a government-backed radio statement singled out alleged attempts by environmentalist to " frustrate " the timber industry in Sarawak , and deplored the fact that campaigners who had been arrested for crimes committed in the state were treated as " heroes and martyrs " by the environmental movement . |
| 16 | The UK Sunday Express newspaper of March 29 reported that the Chinese government had compiled a " blacklist " of several hundred Hong Kong residents who had been targeted for arrest by China when it resumed sovereignty of the colony in 1997 . |
| 17 | The waitress who had been covering for Doyle behind the bar eyed the baseball bat questioningly when he returned . |
| 18 | It never occurred to me that anyone who had been starving for years would feel an incredible , overwhelming urge to eat that was both physical and emotional . |
| 19 | Even more part of it than Rosie , who had been coming for years . |
| 20 | The defendant , who had been committed for trial to the Crown Court on bail , was arrested for breach of a condition of his bail and brought before the magistrates ' court pursuant to section 7(4) of the Bail Act 1976 . |