Example sentences of "who had been [verb] for [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The resignations occurred amid continuing controversy over the handling of the security services by Richard Sacher , the federal Minister of the Interior [ see p. 37382 ] , who had been criticized for not proceeding rapidly enough with the removal of StB officers from the ministry . |
| 2 | It is a sad and generally unrealised truth that the client who had been investing for upwards of nine months , probably knew considerably more than a new dealer . |
| 3 | Sheila , who had been ringing for over 20 years , told me that her father and grandfather had both been ringers . |
| 4 | In February the King released 313 political prisoners , including prisoners of conscience Jogen Gazmere and Sushil Pokhrel , who had been detained for over two years without trial . |
| 5 | 1988 ) included 77 men who had been disabled for up to 15 years and the second included 42 men and 10 women disabled between 20 and 50 years ( Zarb et al . , |
| 6 | She welcomed the work done and the fact that so many people who had been waiting for so long had been treated , but was concerned that health workers who had been working flat out to reduce the lists would not be able to maintain their work rate . |
| 7 | In a copy of Burma Today for March 1945 , which has somehow survived in my papers , I see an editorial which I wrote under the heading ‘ Britain 's Best Ambassador ’ , namely the BOR ( British Other Ranks ) , who had been fighting for over three years to liberate Burma . |