Example sentences of "who has be [v-ing] for [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The crowds at Constitution Dock cheered the owner who has been trying for 20 years to score a major success in this race . |
2 | ‘ We can hear the phones , and it saves a trek downstairs , ’ says Sheila , who has been smoking for 25 years . |
3 | Mr Vasarhelyi , who has been drawing for 30 years , has also just finished a collection of World Wide Fund for Nature stamps for export to Italy and Iceland . |
4 | Some disagree with this line of thinking — notably Ichiro Ozawa , the secretary-general of Japan 's ruling party , who has been arguing for Japanese soldiers to be sent to the Gulf in a non-combat role — but they have not had much luck making their case . |
5 | POLICE believe a body washed up on a beach in Kent might be that of a young Essex woman who has been missing for two months . |