Example sentences of "[noun] who [verb] for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could make no further headway with the landlord so I made enquiries amongst the other customers : a beggar who whined for alms inside the doorway and a greasy-haired knave , but they only repeated what the landlord had said . |
| 2 | As the row rages on one thing is for sure — shoppers who plump for plums this summer will be spoilt for choice . |
| 3 | The library user who looks for books of art criticism is not necessarily going to have an easy task . |
| 4 | The GP who had for generations been regarded as much as a family advisor as a curer of disease , became a thing of the past . |
| 5 | Palmerston tried to ensure that attachés in the missions to the German courts should at least be able to read German script ; and in the 1840s and 1850s there were efforts to send students of oriental languages from Oxford and Cambridge to Constantinople , where they were to form a new class of oriental secretaries and replace the Greek and Levantine dragomans who had for decades acted as translators and interpreters there . |
| 6 | The review was of the Government 's failure under the Treaty of Rome to ensure equal treatment for EC and British nationals who apply for grants to pay the cost of their fees to study in this country . |
| 7 | Almost £500,000 is owed to customers who paid for goods they did n't get . |
| 8 | The ‘ germ ’ of this story , I think , is the idea ( I do not know who first expressed it ) that couples of servants who apply for situations as man and wife have often met for the first time in the registry office . |
| 9 | ‘ She 's the sort of woman who lives for others — you can always tell the others by their hunted expression . ’ |
| 10 | In Los Angeles , another place where non-Hispanic whites are a dwindling minority , a 62-year-old white businessman is in a run-off for the mayor 's office against the young Asian-American who has for years been thought to be one of California 's most personable Democrats . |
| 11 | The way in which individual credit granters decide whether or not to lend to people who ask for loans or credit affects the general pattern of credit use . |
| 12 | Strappy black platform sandals will be an essential this year , but there are many other sandals around for people who Go for sling-backs with heels or a ballerina look with comfortable flatties , which team well with jeans or leggings . |
| 13 | These are people who run for buses and put their hands in their pockets to ensure their change does n't jump out . |
| 14 | Today we launch our campaign , as the Community Care Act causes more elderly people than ever to rely on the six million people who care for relatives at home . |
| 15 | It will offer help and advice to hundreds of people who care for relatives in their own homes . |
| 16 | I am disappointed , but in my experience and opinion people who care for animals care about people also and should be supported . |
| 17 | The number of people who pay for prescriptions has shrunk and shrunk , as the hon. Gentleman knows . |
| 18 | A senior detective said last night the murderer was a ‘ lunatic who kills for kicks ’ And he added : ‘ Unless we find him it 's possible he 'll attack someone else . ’ |
| 19 | The course is designed for any professional group who may be asked by parents for advice and help in managing infant behaviour problems at home and for residential professionals who care for infants . |
| 20 | Some latitude can be allowed to serious critics who write for periodicals which go to press a long time before a show is on view ; these critics will not be able to comment on how the exhibition actually looks , as their articles will have been written before the show 's installation . |
| 21 | At the age of sixteen , Coleridge joined the select band of the ‘ Grecians ’ , the school 's most gifted pupils who studied for places at Oxford and Cambridge . |
| 22 | Still the customers called for Mickey Mouse ( with the blessed exception of mischievous tinker children who asked for horses and donkeys ) . |
| 23 | Jan Bartram , the Danish fullback who played for Rangers under Souness fell into disrepute at the club after a newspaper article led with the incriminating headline ‘ My Boss Is A Hooligan ’ . |
| 24 | The whole planning system came under fire from several quarters , including Mr Hague who called for reforms so that associated pylons and cabling would be considered when planning applications for power stations were submitted . |
| 25 | He also dealt with the many petitioners who asked for favours or for help . |
| 26 | There is also the difference between employees who are in offices , who for some reason or other , I 've always found and still do , they seem to have a notion that they 're a different class to others who work for wages . |
| 27 | Shivers of heart op patient who fears for others |
| 28 | Since the age of nine he 's been in the care of Wiltshire Social Services who paid for holidays with his grandparents in Spain . |
| 29 | The staff sample consisted of all 56 registered nurses on the unit and all 31 medical residents who cared for patients when transfer decisions were made . |
| 30 | Next , because while they apply primarily to those who work on their own account , they may equally be used by employees who work for companies which do not have a pension scheme or which have a scheme for which they , as individuals , are not eligible . |