Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [verb] been [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Kenneth Clarke , the new Home Secretary , was faced with demands yesterday to release from prison a campaigner for Sikh independence who has been under threat of deportation to India . |
| 2 | The seven laureates hope to focus world attention on the plight of Ms Suu Kyi , who has been under house arrest in Burma since 1989 , and 1,500 other political prisoners of the junta . |
| 3 | The seven laureates hope to focus world attention on the plight of Ms Suu Kyi , who has been under house arrest in Burma since 1989 , and 1,500 other political prisoners of the junta . |
| 4 | It was refused , and by mid-January Grobbelaar , who has been with Liverpool for nine years , was again Dalglish 's first choice . |
| 5 | Mr Heyes , who has been with Compass since 1972 , will be based in Glasgow but responsible for the North of England . |
| 6 | Ms Macdougall , who has been with Hodder for three and a half years , was previously with Barrie & Jenkins and for 17 years at Secker , and has also run her own business . |
| 7 | who has been with Enterprise Engineering Services since day one , made up a new section and welded it in with great success ! |
| 8 | Herrmann , a Wharton MBA who has been with Solbourne for the better part of a year , has a components background , having previously run Amphenol in Hong Kong . |
| 9 | One man who has been with science for many years now — and his experience certainly tells — is Mick Rhodes , whose new series of QED began last week . |
| 10 | Wooton , who has been with HCK for over six years , remains in place while terms of a settlement are agreed . |
| 11 | Jones , John Forman , James Hemphill and Haley Bulk Powder — names which will be familiar to anyone who has been with P&O for more than three years . |
| 12 | Ten years on and there is conjecture surrounding the possibility of the government of Sweden , and possibly that of The Netherlands , banning from participation in a sporting event anybody who has been to South Africa . |
| 13 | A young woman from Lyons reported that she refuses to visit Paris without her friend who has been to Paris more often and understands the Parisians ' sign language better . |
| 14 | A Golders Green police spokesman said : ‘ He seemed to be obsessed with her and is known to the police as a pest who has been to court . ’ |
| 15 | Looking beyond the confines of the EC , Jon Lester , a member of the company 's eastern Europe group who has been on secondment in Berlin , Bratislava and Budapest , gave an informed overview of publishing in the region , touching on areas of opportunity , support for foreign trade , and possibilities for foreign investment . |
| 16 | The pair are Yugoslavian midfielder Vlado Bozinoski , who has been on trial at Portman Road , and Bulgarian international striker Bentcho Geuntchev . |
| 17 | The pair are Yugoslavian Australian midfielder Vlado Bozinoski , who has been on trial at Portman Road , and Bulgarian international striker Bentcho Geuntchev . |
| 18 | Shilton wants winger Craig Skinner , who has been on loan at the club , and centre-half Keith Hill , who is valued at £250,000 . |
| 19 | WOLVES have agreed a £100,000 fee with Coventry for defender Paul Edwards , 29 , who has been on loan with them since the start of the season . |
| 20 | Wolves have completed the £150,000 signing of Aston Villa centre half Derek Mountfield , who has been on loan at Molineux for the past 27 months . |
| 21 | William , who has been on invalidity benefit since the accident , accepted a settlement of £70,000 a few days before the case started . |
| 22 | Stützer , who has been at Kamekestrasse since 1980 and whose programme consists mainly of sculpture , is , until 6 June , showing neo-Constructivist works by the Yugoslav-born sculptor Wasa Marjanov . |
| 23 | Much may be blamed on the impermeable Alan Beith , who has been at Berwick since 1973 and thinks nothing to striding round five villages , after starting on Holy Island in the sort of rain that suggests God getting out the strap , and then darting up to Duns in what was Berwickshire , Scotland , to do a broadcast . |
| 24 | Willie Crosbie , who has been at Castlebrae High School for 15 years , was presented with the Woman magazine award yesterday , in recognition of his efforts to turn around the school 's unenviable reputation . |
| 25 | I think anyone who has been in love will like this movie . |
| 26 | Anyone who has been in receipt of this form of grant aid from the Sports Council has already received guidance notes and application forms direct from that Council . |
| 27 | Only someone who has been in Moscow can fully appreciate that it is a city in which the warmth and intelligence of the people sometimes compensates for a basic implacable drear which , however submerged , remains the dominant backdrop to all pleasures . |
| 28 | Defending the seat for the Conservatives is Home Office minister John Patten who has been in parliament since 1979 . |
| 29 | ‘ It will certainly be a big change from Hoylake but we know the area well and we have friends there , ’ said Mr Williams , 53 , who has been in Hoylake since 1986 . |
| 30 | ‘ It will certainly be a big change from Hoylake but we know the area well and we have friends there , ’ said Rev Williams , 53 , who has been in Hoylake since 1986 . |