Example sentences of "who [vb past] been [v-ing] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | It is a work that could have been written by a man who 'd been writing operas for twenty years and it introduced me to Ben 's remarkable sense of theatre . |
2 | The voice was not what I 'd have expected from a girl who 'd been playing house with a mug like Mahoney . |
3 | Twenty patients who had been taking NSAIDs for more than six months underwent a screening phase and all 13 with NSAID enteropathy were recruited to the study . |
4 | My first contact with Todd , was through a teacher in the program who had been providing catechesis for Todd . |
5 | Who had been drinking rum without telling me ? |
6 | Another recent item in he BMJ ( vol 284 , p 791 ) , for example , concerned an unhappy lady who had been drinking Dettol for at least 10 years in order to ‘ purify ’ herself . |
7 | As a gesture to regional manager Barbara Cumming 's 17-year-old daughter Claire , who had been receiving treatment at the Centre , the runners decided to put their sponsorship money towards new equipment , and had a magnificent response with generous help from staff , friends and suppliers . |
8 | At the end of May 1792 the College decided it had no further occasion for the service of Blaine , who had been assisting Vial as demonstrator in anatomy . |
9 | As in the first survey , over 90 per cent of the opioid users attending Wirral 's main treatment facilities in 1985–6 were daily users of heroin , who had been using heroin for between six months and five years . |
10 | Amongst the villagers , the division on Friday night was between the men , who had been in the pub and could vouch for each other , and the wives , who had been watching telly at home and could n't , but who seemed knowledgeable , when pressed , about a number of ITV programmes . |
11 | On his much publicised appearance on the Wogan show : ‘ I got a phone call from Alex Higgins who had been watching television with his pal , Oliver Reed . |
12 | Charity said she longed for bangers and mash and mugs of hot sweet tea , but Mona , who had been watching events with a twinkling eye , said rubbish , she 'd send over to Fortnum 's for a hamper . |
13 | Gregory , who had been teaching English in Thailand for two years , has said she was acting as a courier for Lock , on whom no drugs were found . |
14 | The Financial Times of April 9 suggested that Ye , a reformist who had been building Guangdong into a " free-wheeling relatively autonomous province " , had been appointed to the new central post in order to deprive him of his regional power base . |
15 | Even Yoko Ono ( noticeably absent from Gravity and Grace , who had been installing contraceptives on plinths and wrapping chairs in London in the 1960s , repeated a 1962 happening in Kynaston McShine 's Information exhibition at MOMA in 1970 : ‘ Draw an imaginary map … |
16 | The people who would fly a Virgin airline were the same young , mobile , relatively affluent people who had been buying records by Virgin artists in Virgin record stores for years . |
17 | Jonathan 's father , Stephen Whitley , 38 , who had been draining petrol from the friend 's car , died nine days later . |
18 | Jonathan 's father , Stephen Whitley , 38 , who had been draining petrol from his friend 's car , died nine days later . |
19 | The two ministers , who had been leading members of the defunct Rassemblement du peuple togolais ( RPT ) , were accused by Koffigoh of failing to show solidarity with the government . |
20 | The government 's promise to provide increased protection did not prevent the murder on Dec. 5 of another judge , Bernardo Jaramillo , who had been investigating activities of the Medellín drug cartel . |
21 | Before Kenton & Co. opened he had travelled to Bosbury in Herefordshire to learn the craft of turned rush-seated chair-making from an old man , Philip Clissett , who had been bodging chairs since 1838 . |
22 | Alcalde , who had been awaiting trial for supplying operational information to ETA , had contested the general election from prison ; he was not elected , but on the assassination of Muguruza automatically became his successor . |
23 | Fox set up New World Pictures to make British films , and Columbia Pictures engaged Irving Asher , who had been making quickies for Warners , to initiate a production programme that led to such interesting pictures as The Spy in Black ( 1938 , U-Boat 29 in US ) and Q Planes ( 1939 , Clouds Over Europe in US ) , both of which tapped into contemporary anxieties about the prospect of war . |
24 | The only survivors were one family who had been visiting relatives in Bau-Bau at the time . |
25 | The first story I wrote as a full-time reporter concerned the death of a local man who had been visiting friends in Indiana and whose remains were being sent back to Moose Jaw for burial . |
26 | ‘ Give us credit for some sense ! ’ barked Iris , who had been showing signs of impatience . |
27 | Amaranth , who had been showing signs of boredom , flashed Barton her selection-committee smile . |
28 | But Mr Frobisher , who had been having trouble with his male leads , assured us he was just what was needed . |
29 | The action occurred after Palestinians had attempted to prevent the soldiers arresting three men who had been painting slogans on a wall . |