Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb past] [been] [v-ing] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Repeated doses of bad news from the front generated mounting criticism of government incompetence ; ministerial confidence was visibly shaken ; and discontent which had been smouldering for years burst into flame . |
| 2 | A report in the Sept. 10 edition of the Far Eastern Economic Review described the activities of the United Front for the Liberation of Oppressed Races ( Fulro ) , the Montagnard guerrilla army which had been fighting for autonomy in the Central Highlands since the 1960s . |
| 3 | For a start there were the Trumper 's advertisements on TV — a whole series of them , which had been running for years . |
| 4 | With the same conversion , bus route 64 which had been running between West Croydon and Addington , was extended from Croydon to Tooting , supplementing route 220 . |
| 5 | The unrest which had been escalating in Azerbaijan since the outbreak in February 1988 of the dispute with neighbouring Armenia over the Nagorny Karabakh region [ for December 1989 developments see p. 37128 ] , exploded in mid-January into intercommunal violence across the republic and on the Armenian border . |
| 6 | Shrubs , which had been dying from lack of water since the supply had been cut off , were suddenly green and straight again in a brief moment of health before the rising waters overwhelmed them . |
| 7 | After that they had begun to encounter the behavioural problems which had been occurring in Reykjavik and which are so depressingly familiar to us all . |
| 8 | As had happened before with the labour education programs , the organisations which had been working with Highlander , and which had grown in depth of perspective and experience , took over the running of their own grass roots educational activities . |
| 9 | The ash which had been falling on St Pierre since the beginning of May 1902 continued to accumulate , sifting down softly to cover the ruins of St Pierre in a grey pall and burying many of the bodies that still lay in the debris . |
| 10 | The look of strain which had been missing from Jenny 's face most of the morning returned . |
| 11 | One of the tractor drivers ( which had been turning in front of me all day ) decided it was time for dinner . |
| 12 | Tilda began to tell him exactly what had been happening in Dr Kildare , so far . |