Example sentences of "who have been [verb] [noun] for " in BNC.
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1 | In addition to Molla Edebali and Tursun Fakih one may mention the reference in an imperial decree sent from Murad I to Haci Evrenos Bey — unfortunately the document is of questionable authenticity-to one Elvan Fakih " who has been appointed seyhulislam for Rumeli generally " , to whom Evrenos Bey is adjured to show particular respect . |
2 | Someone who has been training horses for years once told me that the most important thing is to keep your youngster ‘ thinking forwards ’ . |
3 | Mrs Jean Broke-Smith , the Lucie Clayton principal , who has been coaching debs for the show for 20 years , described the problem : ‘ Even though these girls are much more self-assured than their equivalent 20 years ago they still need to be told to push their hips and pelvis forward and to keep their bottoms tucked in , ’ she said . |
4 | SEVE BALLESTEROS yesterday extended the hand of sympathy to Scotland 's leading golfer , Colin Montgomerie , who has been fined £1,000 for comments he made about last week 's Moroccan Open . |
5 | Jack , who has been breeding ferrets for more than forty years , showed us soft focus shots of brown ferrets , white ferrets , ferrets eating mice and ferrets building their nests in old Athletico programmes . |
6 | The brave star , who has been battling cancer for four years , admits that she still suffers from terrible stagefright . |
7 | Her personal milliner John Boyd , who has been making hats for the princess since she was 16 , said : ‘ She already has such a collection of hats that she does n't need anything new for this occasion . ’ |
8 | He is returning Down Under with his dad Michael , a Northern Territory education official who has been visiting Britain for a year . |
9 | Lawrence , who has been playing golf for almost three years , has a handicap of 20 . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | I could n't agree more with those who 've been praising Newsome for his performances over the Christmas games . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | My first contact with Todd , was through a teacher in the program who had been providing catechesis for Todd . |
14 | Ahmed Abdallah Abderrahman , who had been re-elected President for a second term in September 1984 , was assassinated in November 1989 [ see pp. 37033-34 ] . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | Bernard Tapie , who had been appointed Minister for Towns in April 1992 [ see pp. 38870-71 ; 38820 ] , resigned on May 23 . |
17 | In the capital , the certificate relating to Macdonald was received by John Dalrymple , Master of Stair , who had been appointed Secretary for Scotland by King William . |
18 | Denmark also led the way in its conservation policies , with the archaeologist J. J. A. Worsaae , who had been appointed Inspector for the Conservation of Ancient Monuments in 1847 , working on a programme of survey and preservation . |
19 | 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 . |
20 | It was Major Volpi who had been given responsibility for putting up road-blocks and carrying out house-to-house searches . |
21 | 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 . |
22 | 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 . |
23 | Gordon 's favours Umbrian juniper berries — and the Scarponis , who have been harvesting juniper for Gordon 's for over 40 years , use their local knowledge to find the very best juniper Umbria can offer . |
24 | I have received a number of requests recently from clients who have been sent claims for payment which , while clearly including a VAT element , contain the words ‘ this is not a VAT invoice ’ . |
25 | Touche Ross , who have been handling negotiations for the sale of the American style Marvels park , say there are several potential buyers . |
26 | Are You Listening ? provides extra listening practice for children who have been studying English for a year or two . |
27 | For Ken Stanier , who 's been harvesting apples for 40 years , it 's good news . |