Example sentences of "who [vb past] [been] [v-ing] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was also frustrating for the scientists who 'd been working on this project for more than a decade . |
| 2 | Philip Larkin had already published two novels — Jill ( 1946 ) and A Girl in Winter ( 1947 ) — before he established himself in 1955 , with The Less Deceived , as the best poet of his generation ; and John Osborne 's first play ever to reach the public theatre , Look Back in Anger ( 1956 ) , was written by an actor untouched by academia who had been writing for several years and a stranger to all of them . |
| 3 | Eventually an old gentleman who had been listening with much amusement to their discussion said that what mattered was not whether the earthworm has an immortal soul but whether it has a purpose . |
| 4 | In the Philippines last year , an investigation team found two ‘ disappeared ’ women who had been missing for several months . |
| 5 | Alec d'Urberville , who had been waiting for this moment , appeared at her side . |
| 6 | ‘ Having a fling with Barbs is n't faithlessness , ’ said Constance , who had been concentrating on this very matter for her own reasons . |