Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb -s] been [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It did little for the image of a man who has been part of the backbone of the team for so long , and was playing in his eighty-seventh Test . |
| 2 | We are in the early stages of developing a day-case surgery/five-day ward and would be very interested to hear from anyone who has been part of a similar project . |
| 3 | Mrs Owain Williams , who has been Chairman of this ball for the last three years , looked very pretty in black velvet . |
| 4 | Terence Flanagan , who has been principal of the flagship college for the last six years , takes up his new post in September . |
| 5 | John Evans , who has been Captain of the golf society since it started , stood down as he will be retiring next year . |
| 6 | Haydn Dalton , 60 , who has been manager of the town 's Odeon for over 20 years , started his career as a trainee at the Leeds ' Majestic in the 1950s . |
| 7 | Professor Anthony Jones , who has been President of the School of the Art Institute in Chicago since 1986 , is the new appointment as the Rector of the Royal College of Art . |
| 8 | Awarded the MBE is Meurig Davies , 54 , of Deganwy , who has been coxswain of Llandudno Lifeboat since 1970 , and retires next April after 30 years service . |
| 9 | ‘ Can you imagine what it must be like to lose someone who 's been part of your life for so long ? ’ |
| 10 | But if you wanted to take your revenge and kill me , because of some ancient grudge against somebody who 's been dust for 200 years , then why did n't you just do it last night at my house ? |