Example sentences of "who has been [verb] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Discovering that the man who has been passing threats to me is the mighty Tod Richardson will not help me sleep peacefully in my bed . |
| 2 | Someone who has been training horses for years once told me that the most important thing is to keep your youngster ‘ thinking forwards ’ . |
| 3 | Mrs Jean Broke-Smith , the Lucie Clayton principal , who has been coaching debs for the show for 20 years , described the problem : ‘ Even though these girls are much more self-assured than their equivalent 20 years ago they still need to be told to push their hips and pelvis forward and to keep their bottoms tucked in , ’ she said . |
| 4 | The cards , which cover the period from 1910 to 1945 , belong to David Watkins from Bangor in Gwynedd who has been collecting samples of nursing humour for many years . |
| 5 | Jack , who has been breeding ferrets for more than forty years , showed us soft focus shots of brown ferrets , white ferrets , ferrets eating mice and ferrets building their nests in old Athletico programmes . |
| 6 | Her personal milliner John Boyd , who has been making hats for the princess since she was 16 , said : ‘ She already has such a collection of hats that she does n't need anything new for this occasion . ’ |
| 7 | Rourke , who has been making films since Spielberg 's 1941 in 1979 , earned his reputation in 1987 after slamming the producers of A Prayer For the Dying for turning his part into ‘ an Irish Rambo ’ . |
| 8 | Joey Dunlop , who has been having problems with his Honda and Kevin Mitchell on the 500cc grand prix Yahama , share third place on 118. 84mph . |
| 9 | For he is the kind of man who has been driving women round the bend for generations . |