Example sentences of "for [pron] [Wh pn] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the Cid sent for all his friends and his kinsmen and vassals , and told them how King Don Alfonso had banished him from the land , and asked for them who would follow him into banishment , and who would remain at home . |
| 2 | Joanna Wood , 48A Pimlico Road , SW1 , is one of those shops that sells charming fripperies , the sort of place where you can be sure of finding the very thing for someone who would prefer to buy their own toaster but who would love to be given a Limoges breakfast set or monogrammed shoe-bag . |
| 3 | He looked around for someone who would fill him in on the gossip . |
| 4 | Lay off , and save your preachings for someone who 'll appreciate them . ’ |
| 5 | But a major difficulty remains : SSDs will be reluctant to commit themselves to picking up the bill for several months ' residential rehabilitation for someone who may have arrived in the area the previous week . |
| 6 | So long as I was looking for someone who might want to murder Michael Banks , I was getting nowhere . |
| 7 | The process described is common : women who often suffer from low self-esteem , frustrated creativity or an inability to assert themselves can — subconsciously at least — look for someone who will express confidence , arrogance , purposefulness , ambition and success . |
| 8 | ‘ Employers look for someone who will slot into the office culture , ’ says Shirley Coates , managing director of Bridford Career Management . |
| 9 | We 've been looking for someone who can cope with the 24-hours-a-day rock ‘ n ’ roll lifestyle . |
| 10 | ‘ You 're putting on quite a good display for someone who can hold her drink , ’ she heard him say sarcastically from the doorway . |
| 11 | For someone who can give an object as plain and manageable as a book all the symmetry and neatness of a loosely wrapped food blender , the prospect of getting cumbersome gardening tools into a parcel terrifies me . |
| 12 | My relationship with the director is therefore rather different from most producers ; I am looking not for someone to watch and admire but for someone who can deliver the result . |
| 13 | I just have a lot of respect for someone who can pick up a piece of wood or metal and make music out of it . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | We were always looking for someone who could give us help . |
| 16 | I always regret that as a youth it never occurred to me to ask why they chose Easingwold and how they knew of a vacancy for someone who could combine the saddlery trade with being the landlord of the Jolly Farmers pub . |
| 17 | And he said , ‘ Do you know , all my life I 've been looking for somebody who could do everything for three pounds a week . ’ |
| 18 | We 're always looking out for somebody who could cause er problems in Wolverhampton and problems generally . |
| 19 | Er er and that they sit two hours doing e and exam you know for somebody who can watch at all . |
| 20 | Lee decided that this guy would caddie one day and me the next , and he would assess for himself who would carry his bag . |
| 21 | Plus there 's invites for anybody who 'd like to come along tonight , I know it 's late notice . |
| 22 | We were looking for anybody who could help fill it . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | ‘ This is a chance for people to show their support for the play scheme and for anyone who would like to help to let us know . ’ |
| 25 | She glared at him , then scanned the road for anyone who might offer help if he turned nasty and tried to force her back inside the car , but , apart from an elderly woman walking an equally elderly terrier along the opposite pavement , the road was deserted . |
| 26 | Incidentally , although it 's impractical for people to call Ampeg , I have a box number for anyone who might want to write to me for advice . |
| 27 | He says it 's long and slimy and hides in the water waiting for anyone who might fall in . ’ |
| 28 | Police are appealing for anyone who might have seen the red London coach on the M40 before the accident to come forward . |
| 29 | In 1986 , there was a nationwide appeal for anyone who may have seen Joan to come forward . |
| 30 | Police are appealing for anyone who may have seen the men to come forward . |