Example sentences of "who [vb past] been [verb] for a " in BNC.

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1 Sorry to anyone who 'd been hoping for a match report from Newcastle , but I went home to Wakefield the morning after the game and so did n't get a chance to post one .
2 Obviously a tall , long-legged person will need a big horse ; I recently sold a 17.3hh gelding to a man of six foot eight who had been looking for a long time !
3 The foundation of a national Board of Education signalled the acceptance within the official culture of a need for policies that would co-ordinate an efficient and fully national system of education , and also allowed the voices of dons who had been calling for a transformation of the traditional curriculum to carry more weight than ever before .
4 Police violence against members of racial minorities became a national issue following the widespread broadcast on television of an amateur video showing white Los Angeles policemen brutally beating a black man who had been stopped for an alleged driving offence on March 3 .
5 Fortunately , our embarrassment was eased by the presence among us of Rocky Marciano , who had been moonlighting for a rival tabloid .
6 Cripps , Laski and Strauss , who had been booked for a speaking tour in " Labour 's Crusade Week " , refused to continue their tour until Mellor had been endorsed .
7 Maurin , who had been longing for an excuse to escape , said he would go himself to attend to it and made for the door .
8 A shopkeeper had a dispute with a customer , a woman who had been waiting for a bus had popped in to mention parking on the footpath at weekends , the school had organised some Maypole dancing and wondered if part of the car park could be cordoned off , somebody else wanted vehicle watch forms .
9 A practical outcome from this incident was a new pair of deck shoes for Marty who had been campaigning for a replacement from Stores Branch for some time .
10 The shooting ended a promising future for Nicola who had been recommended for an audition with the Royal Ballet .
11 The researchers identified 167 people who had been attending for a year or more .
12 Benjamin , who had been walking for a month , found himself less welcome in his mother 's room and followed Ruth around the house like a pet lamb .
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