Example sentences of "who have been [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | This traditional story tells of a boy who had been substituted for the smith 's own son who had been taken away by fairies . |
| 32 | The researchers identified 167 people who had been attending for a year or more . |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | And while we were talking about Crippen , it would probably be unwise to choose as a role model someone who had been topped for the offence . |
| 35 | Mr Clarke effectively slapped down the Cabinet dissenters — John Redwood , Peter Lilley and Michael Portillo — who have been calling for the already-tight £254 billion spending target to be cut . |
| 36 | Mr Clarke effectively slapped down the Cabinet dissenters — John Redwood , Peter Lilley and Michael Portillo — who have been calling for the already-tight £254bn spending target to be cut . |
| 37 | The duke presented certificates to the first 16 volunteers who have been trained for the scheme . |
| 38 | The opposition , a diverse and mostly respectable group of people who have been clamouring for a bit of say in the new Kuwait , did not get even a token position . |
| 39 | Those who have been waiting for the newly published syllabus for Part 2 , which is also to be run at Greenhill starting in the Autumn on Thursdays from 9.30am to 12.30pm , should contact the tutor , Sybil Kenton . |
| 40 | Nevertheless , the good news will bring some welcome relief to those homeowners who have been waiting for the best part of 1991 to sell their home . |
| 41 | We 're all keeping our fingers crossed here at — to hear if there 's fame and fortune in store for the — a family at who have been shortlisted for the TV game show , Family Fortunes . |
| 42 | The in-service kind of erm activity is of course reflected in our , many of our courses , not merely in short courses , but in the fact that we run erm Masters courses , erm M As in Education of several kinds , and students in those courses are mainly teachers who have been released for a whole year to come and do a full-time course . |
| 43 | I myself would seemingly represent the environmental lobby , but there have been others , many ex-members of Harwell , who have been campaigning for a long time now , many years , to get these reactors shut down , and it has just been a very long slog , and eventually the truth has had to come to light to shut these reactors down . |
| 44 | The modern bureaucracy is a hierarchical organization which is staffed by individuals who have been recruited for a full-time career within such organizations . |
| 45 | KLF , ADAMSKI , SOUL II SOUL and HAPPY MONDAYS are just a few of the bands who have been nominated for the UK section of the Technics 1991 World DJ Awards , which are to be held at the London Palladium ( April 7 ) . |
| 46 | For some who have been caring for a dependent relative for many years the problems involved are only too familiar . |
| 47 | Yes , but I mean erm excuse me erm there are a lot of people who have been saying for a long time , the council are dragging their heels and they 're not doing anything . |
| 48 | ‘ There is a man next door who 's been looking for a job at least five years . |