Example sentences of "for [indef pn] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked around for someone who would fill him in on the gossip . |
| 2 | Lay off , and save your preachings for someone who 'll appreciate them . ’ |
| 3 | Instead , he told him he must live his life his own way , and advised John , when he spoke of having fallen in love with a ‘ straight ’ boy at school , to try to save his love for someone who could return it . |
| 4 | We were always looking for someone who could give us help . |
| 5 | Not many women reach her years and have as much — for everything he can imagine her wanting he hastens to provide ; and it is bestowed as if she were a young and lovely creature at her first ball , and when he helps her down the stairs or into a taxi — for she is getting frail — he turns her into Gloriana . |
| 6 | As far as beta blockade is concerned there are two approaches : one is the pragmatic approach , to prescribe it for everybody who can tolerate it , and not to investigate because of cost ( beta blockade is relatively cheap ) ; the other approach is to investigate all patients in the hope of giving focused therapy . |
| 7 | ( There are prizes for anyone who can remember them working . ) |
| 8 | Police are appealing for anyone who can assist them to contact the Pollok police station . |
| 9 | The old woman died , Rachel searched the house for anything which might incriminate her , and then disappeared . ’ |
| 10 | I believe it is possible to propose an explanation for the intuitive feeling one gets that the -ing form would be somewhat inappropriate here : the author is describing a person who is groping for anything which will reassure her before she meets her angry father and the mere fact that she is able to perceive objects which are familiar to her — when she feels so disoriented that she can take nothing for granted — is what gives her the sense that she is neither shirking nor lying . |
| 11 | He said you were a gentleman who 'd pay a fair price for anything I could tell you . ’ |