Example sentences of "[Wh pn] have [been] [v-ing] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among those who received awards yesterday was Claire Metcalfe , 15 , of Thornaby , who has been practicing judo since she was five and has now won a place in the national team . |
| 2 | " The African dust feeding the Atlantic and the Americas shows how very large and distant ecosystems depend on each other " , notes Michael Garstang , a soil scientist who has been conducting research in Africa , Brazil and the mid-Atlantic . |
| 3 | Gregory , who has been teaching English to Thais for two years , is being held in a women 's prison . |
| 4 | Any teacher who has been borrowing equipment from the Society or Jean Parmiter and is NOT using it , please return as soon as possible . |
| 5 | The well-known argument is that the woman 's refusal to concede to sexual intercourse is totally unjustified , since the two bodies have in fact already been made one by a flea , who has been sucking blood from them both . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's quite amazing what turns up when one is least expecting it , ’ says Laurie Milner of the Imperial War Museum , who has been collecting material here . |
| 7 | The scheme , along with other CAP reform details on sheep and suckler cow quota , as well as new stocking density calculations , was explained to the meeting by a senior Meat and Livestock Commission economist , Mrs Lesley Greene , who has been monitoring CAP changes for the last six months . |
| 8 | Emma , who has been studying piano with Teresa Ardagh Walters at Holybourne Vicarage for about 18 months , also plays the cello and is a member of the Hampshire county string training orchestra . |
| 9 | The brave tot , who has been battling leukaemia since he was six weeks old , was bouncing with life yesterday as mum Michelle took him out for a treat . |
| 10 | The brave star , who has been battling cancer for four years , admits that she still suffers from terrible stagefright . |
| 11 | Mr Kelly , 32 , who has been fighting deportation from Ireland to Britain for seven years , was invited by a left-wing publishing house to help complete a mural of revolutionary figures whose works and writings it publishes . |
| 12 | I was disgusted to read your snide attack ( Disinformation , FACE 19 ) on ‘ White South African Musician Johnny Clegg ’ , who is one of the only white artistes in that country who has been fighting apartheid and trying to deal with it on the inside . |
| 13 | Today , commenting on the Labour leadership election , claims that ‘ The only one who has been talking sense is John Prescott . |
| 14 | Tonight ITV , 8pm DS GREIG fronts an undercover operation where the aim is to nab a burglar who has been running riot pulling off dozens of break-ins around a local housing estate . |
| 15 | Lawrence , who has been playing golf for almost three years , has a handicap of 20 . |
| 16 | A big-built Scottish woman , who has been playing pool in the other section of the pub , crosses over to the east side of the bar and puts in her last orders . |
| 17 | They have a cluster of players standing by to fill the vacant back-row , while former Scottish B winger Stuart Porter , who has been playing flanker down the club this season , returns to the right wing in place of Graeme Copeland . |
| 18 | I accompanied them into the street where they rejoined the boy who 'd been standing look-out . |
| 19 | The mess was almost empty except for an Education Corps captain who was also using the place as an hotel , and three unmarried young officers who 'd been playing tennis and should n't have been in the ante-room dressed like that . |
| 20 | The voice was not what I 'd have expected from a girl who 'd been playing house with a mug like Mahoney . |
| 21 | The fighting started among a group of men who 'd been playing pool . |
| 22 | Colleagues , who 've been paying tribute to his dedication and exertise , say he 'd always been aware of the dangers surrounding his work.Ian Maclaren reports . |
| 23 | Iraq , for its part , was widely believed to have condoned the " hot pursuit " of the Kurdish activists , who had been conducting guerrilla activities against the Turkish authorities for some 20 years , and indeed it had signed agreements to this effect during the 1980s . |
| 24 | My first contact with Todd , was through a teacher in the program who had been providing catechesis for Todd . |
| 25 | Imtiaz Shaheen , had flown to Bardera to evacuate UN and other relief personnel , who had been providing food and care to approximately 200,000 famine victims . |
| 26 | Who had been drinking rum without telling me ? |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | At five minutes to five , Shirley , the typist who had been helping Ianthe to file some cards , covered up her typewriter , put on the black imitation leather coat she had just bought , and hurried away singing . |
| 29 | Running downstairs we found that my eldest sister , Gertrude , who had been helping Mum , had caught her fingers in the rollers . |
| 30 | As a gesture to regional manager Barbara Cumming 's 17-year-old daughter Claire , who had been receiving treatment at the Centre , the runners decided to put their sponsorship money towards new equipment , and had a magnificent response with generous help from staff , friends and suppliers . |