Example sentences of "[noun] who [verb] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I thought I would use a grenade ’ , said Vu Van Hau , a 22-year-old Vietnamese soldier who served for three years in Kompong Cham and Kompong Thom provinces , before returning to his native Ho Chi Minh City as part of the September withdrawal . |
| 2 | Particular units who operated for long periods at a time in the jungle became so adept in their surroundings they became known as ‘ Green Ghosts ’ . |
| 3 | That was David who works for Fast Forward . |
| 4 | New tests have been introduced for candidates who apply for top council posts in Sefton . |
| 5 | In his early days with us Hamilton was one of those attacking centre-halves who made for great excitement , supporting his forwards and ever-ready to have a go at goal . |
| 6 | They had had other help in the house too ; Mrs Eddy from the village who came for three hours every morning , and her daughter Jess who waited at table for dinner parties and helped with the clearing up after . |
| 7 | From the nineteenth-century reformers who pressed for universal schooling to today 's schemes for increasing the numbers of girls studying science , education has been the site of the struggle for equality of opportunity . |
| 8 | A good contemporary example can be seen in the typographers who work for British newspapers . |
| 9 | Hundreds of pensioners in the north and south of England who work for that company are about to lose their pensions , including a 79-year-old widow . |
| 10 | Minton 's generous hospitality was extended to many , to Robert Frame , Leslie Todd-Reeve and his wife , Nessie Dunsmuir and her sister who lodged for several weeks at Hamilton Terrace before and after a major operation . |
| 11 | On May 31 he was quoted as saying that he was satisfied that all prisoners who qualified for political status had been released but that officials were still sifting petitions . |
| 12 | The fate of a fallen minister or favourite might be even harder if he had aroused real fear and hatred in his opponents the executions ( or rather judicial murders ) in 1719 of Baron Goertz , the adviser of the dead Charles XII of Sweden , and in 1772 of Count Struensee , the progressive-minded but tactless favourite who had for several years dominated the court of Denmark , are good illustrations of this . |
| 13 | ‘ If the country were governed from here , we 'd be far better off , ’ says a Tory peer who sat for three decades in the Commons . |
| 14 | This is the tale of 575237 Bowers R C , an ex-Halton apprentice who served for 38 years with the RAF before retiring as Wing Commander Engineer . |
| 15 | Mr Wheeler , an engineer who worked for many years in the oil business , is a pleasant , slightly worried-looking man who can not bear the fact that no one seems to realise just what lengths he goes to in order to keep the plant squeaky clean and emission-free . |
| 16 | He was Sweeney Todd , the Demon Barber of Fleet Street ; he was Spring-Heel 'd Jack , the Terror of London ; he was Sir Percival Glyde , the Spine-Snapping Baronet ; he was the Wicked Squire who did for poor Maria Marten in the Red Barn ; he was Varney the Vampyre , Wagner the Wehr-Wolf , jaunty Jekyll and madman Hyde , the Oxton Creeper , the Coughing Horror , the Face at the Window … |
| 17 | Individuals who work for such organisations tend to learn an expertise without experiencing risk ; many do their job adequately , but are not over-ambitious . |
| 18 | In contrast to the respondent quoted earlier , this candidate saw headhunting as ‘ an important way of progressing , particularly for individuals who work for smaller companies or in very specialised fields ’ . |
| 19 | But the inspectors have exonerated three chartered accountants who worked for Blue Arrow , although some of their actions were also criticised . |
| 20 | On the other side of the entrance to Garden Cottages was a small house in the occupation of Mr. Truckle who was a coalman and his wife who worked for many years at The Salisbury Steam Laundry . |
| 21 | He likes to get other people — usually me , of course — to do the dirty work : make the awkward telephone call , tell the gardener who comes for four hours a week that he has ruined the asparagus bed , speak to Tom 's teacher about his appalling arithmetic . |
| 22 | A farm on the other side of the lane provided fresh eggs , the stench of cow shit , and a rabid mongrel roped to a tree who barked for twenty minutes whenever a car went by . |
| 23 | Mr Hobbs said the immediate effect would be the loss of 50 jobs , the groundstaff at Stansted who work for American Airlines . |
| 24 | For example , an English person who lives for some time in the United States will often acquire a " partially " American accent . |
| 25 | It goes on , correctly , to show how Jack Blum , an investigator who worked for Democratic Senator John Kerry 's subcommittee on terrorism , narcotics and international Relations , played a key role in persuading the New York district attorney , Robert Morgenthau , to take an interest in BCCI and begin his own investigation . |
| 26 | But this harsh action was condemned by Reagan who called for punitive measures against the Eastern bloc , threatened to cut off all talks with Moscow and asked that Western aid be ended for an oil-gas pipeline which was being constructed from Soviet Siberia into Europe . |
| 27 | And no solution is possible as long as men are proud of their will to govern and are not themselves governed by the God Who cares for all races and all men . |
| 28 | In the name of Jesus Christ our Lord who died for all men . |
| 29 | The aim is that those young people who opt for early leaving would themselves be substantial gainers . |
| 30 | These breed clubs have regenerated interest in the people who had for some reason left the breed and have now been asked to return to spread their knowledge to the younger members . |