Example sentences of "who have [been] [v-ing] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The result will be disappointing , not only for you but also for the bride who has been looking forward to keeping her flowers for ever . |
| 2 | Day-Lewis and Stowe fall madly in love which severely irks Waddington who has been proposing non-stop to the woman since the movie began . |
| 3 | Crabby Bill , who has been running well in all-weather hurdle races at Lingfield Park — winning twice — made a satisfactory Flat comeback at Kempton Park . |
| 4 | However , it may pay to take a chance with SESAME ( nap 2.35 ) , who has been running creditably in top class events and could oblige at attractive odds . |
| 5 | DARLINGTON discovery Andrew Pyrah , who has been running seriously for only 18 months , won the Man of the Match award in the Woolworth Young Athletes match at Middlesbrough yesterday . |
| 6 | I 'm glad you do n't try to be what you are n't , ’ he said gravely , beckoning the waiter who 'd been leaning wearily against the door-jamb . |
| 7 | When we left the headman 's house we were joined by a group of young boys who 'd been waiting outside with their dogs , and by other men from houses that we passed along the way . |
| 8 | Mrs Probyn 's husband has told police that the pair , who 've been living apart for several months , had a row . |
| 9 | By now it was early afternoon and Rick ( who had been catching consistently on the corn ) and I decided we were getting peckish , so , being nominated ’ chef of the week ’ I had to sort out the dinner . |
| 10 | Hardly had the Padre finished saying the Nunc Dimittis when the Doctor , who had been kneeling innocently in the front row , sprang to his feet . |
| 11 | The highest count in the alcohol group was 14.8% in a chronic alcoholic aged 49 years who had been drinking heavily since the age of 15 years . |
| 12 | Michael , who had been looking forward to his 21st birthday next month , has recently been taken off a life support machine . |
| 13 | Michael , who had been looking forward to his 21st birthday celebration next month and planned to become engaged later this year , was attacked . |
| 14 | Mr Devi Lal , for example , who had been lobbying hard for the home ministry to add to his deputy premiership , had to content himself with the agriculture ministry . |
| 15 | She had glimpsed Emily Grenfell who had been leaning forward in her carriage , staring out into the crowded roadway , her emeralds shining at her throat , the green richness of the stones glittering in the light from the street lamps . |
| 16 | The French , who had been staying away in droves , would also be targeted with a splashy new advertising campaign . |
| 17 | Mushtaq , who had been spinning widely to Gower out of the rough , drifted a glorious topspinner through that doughty defence to unseat England 's skipper for 135 . |
| 18 | In third place Karl O'Donnell ( Newlands ) , who had been leading overnight at two under slipped to a 75 on Sunday to finish two over par , his early rounds had been 70 and 70 . |
| 19 | Checking his watch he saw it was time to swim back to the canoe and his rendezvous with Roger Courtney , who had been paddling offshore for the last few hours , keeping the canoe head or stern towards the beach so that it was less likely to be seen . |
| 20 | The housewife who had been sleeping quietly after a Bank Holiday party when The Fox struck was identified by name , age and location . |
| 21 | When the dance ended , he released her without a word and moved away to talk to his mother and sister , who had been crying passionately in the church as they watched Damian become Rachel 's husband . |
| 22 | It was not Selden , who had been running away from that hill . |
| 23 | The youngster , who had been playing nearby with Mr Trueman 's son , calmly replaced the jack and raised the car . |
| 24 | Two figures who had been walking ahead of them , suddenly turned and came sauntering back . |
| 25 | A man who had been sitting silently by on the wooden form got to his feet , his hand outstretched , and he said , ‘ There ! take it ; and if you want to pay it back put it in the voluntary box she was talking about . ’ |
| 26 | Sammy , who had been sitting quietly by their feet , jumped up and began barking . |
| 27 | Franca , Moxie , Dr Hensman and Father O'Harte , who had been talking softly in the front room , had now returned to the back room where the curtains had been drawn against the sun . |
| 28 | They were three US citizens and one Australian who had been travelling together in a car , and one UK citizen who had been taken off a bus . |
| 29 | The TV presenters , who have been living apart since May , sadly told of their decision to separate . |
| 30 | All those who have been sticking religiously to their macrobiotic diet sheets while dreaming wistfully of soft boiled eggs and buttered soldiers can probably breathe again ( but watch this space ) . |