Example sentences of "who [vb past] been [verb] for [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The SPD polled an average of 26.64 per cent ( 21.88 per cent in March 1990 ) , but apparently only made real inroads on CDU support in Brandenburg , with the respected East Berlin lay Protestant leader and lawyer Manfred Stolpe heading its campaign against the CDU 's Peter-Michael Diestel ( who had been criticized for his handling of the dissolution of the Stasi secret police — see p. 37828 ) . |
| 2 | The FNM attacked the size and cost of the new Cabinet and called for the resignation of Maynard and of Philip Bethel , who had been criticized for his stewardship of the Transport Ministry and the troubles of the state airline Bahamasair . |
| 3 | De Franco was appointed president of the Central Bank of Nicaragua replacing Raúl A. Lacayo Solórzano who had been criticized for his credit policies . |
| 4 | Compaore on Jan. 9 ordered the rehabilitation of over 4,000 people who had been punished for their political or trades union activities since 1983 , when Capt. Thomas Sankara took power . |
| 5 | José Primo Esono , an activist in the illegal opposition group the Progress party ( Partido del Progreso ) , who had been imprisoned for his part in a coup plot against the regime in 1988 [ see p. 36200 ] , was released in February 1990 . |
| 6 | As one of McLaughlin 's respondents , who had been caring for her mother for seven years , pointed out : ‘ Well that really is a nonsense because the amount it is at the moment compared to anybody that 's had the chance of a full-time job , you 're talking of £24 as opposed to a job of about £98 ’ ( McLaughlin , 1991 , p. 48 ) . |
| 7 | ( Widowed woman receiving ( then ) supplementary benefit who had been caring for her frail mother for ten years ) |
| 8 | The failed coup of August had led to fundamental reforms of the KGB [ see p. 38372 ] and the appointment of Vadim Bakatin to replace its former chair , Vladimir Kryuchkov , who had been arrested for his part in the coup . |
| 9 | Next to the Rector was the Mayor of Brighton , on his left was the Chairman of the Conference , a party worthy who had been knighted for his pains . |
| 10 | The men greeting Johnson included the Laird , his doctor brother , and four other Macleod relatives , including one , known as Sandie , who had been exiled for his part with the Jacobites in 1745 . |