Example sentences of "who have [been] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | But while the exact timing of this pattern of events was unusual , the return of the overall pattern in the early 1980s comes as little surprise to some researchers , who have been warning for several years that a new drought cycle was due . |
| 2 | Nurses who have been nursing for some time are likely to have reached the stage where much of what they do has become automatic , that is , carried out without conscious thought or awareness . |
| 3 | Or was he merely seeking to confuse people in the West who have been calling for military intervention ? |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | There is some evidence that cervical cancer is more common in women who smoke cigarettes , especially heavy smokers or women who have been smoking for several years . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | In neighbouring Punjab the Sikh militants who have been fighting for independence are a spent force , partly because , after a decade of violence , Punjabis want peace . |
| 9 | Even one would be good enough for there are riders who have been racing for years and have never gone well here . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The House may be interested to know that , because we were seeking to look at the effect of NHS management reforms over the first six months , we did not draw attention to the fact that the number of people who have been waiting for more than one year on in-patient lists is 37 per cent . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Much will depend on how it seeks to solve the long-running debate about merging income tax and the national insurance system ; whether benefits , including pensions , are to be universal or selective ; and , if selective , how the state is to deal with obligations to people who have been contributing for many years to what they were told was national insurance . |
| 14 | The annual Livewire competition is open to 16 to 25 year olds who have been trading for less then a year . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | POLICE in Craigavon are searching for two teenage girls who have been missing for five days . |
| 17 | For some who have been caring for a dependent relative for many years the problems involved are only too familiar . |
| 18 | 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 . |