Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [adv] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the person through whom all orders for purchases from project grants must pass , this is clearly a key position in the project 's structure . |
| 2 | Tim Albery 's production takes this weird eighteenth-century fantasy of nobles , bourgeois , and servants , all of whom finally settle for marrying their own class , and instils it with Fuselian surrealism . |
| 3 | Eventually perhaps , but a Senate hearing on June 22 on the proposal drew only two Senators , one of whom quickly departed for another engagement . |
| 4 | Those , on the other hand , who gladly settled for Masham Methodist can make contact . |
| 5 | German actor Curt Jurgens took the role of her tolerant husband , who eventually falls for an American heiress . |
| 6 | The A&R depts that we dealt with when last I was in a band ( about 18 months ago ) all seemed to consist of young men in Armani suits and long raincoats , who only stayed for the first four numbers then left . |
| 7 | If anything , its additional colours brought extra glitter to the music , and this quality was certainly seized upon by the London Sinfonietta under Elgar Howarth , who eagerly compensated for the pianist 's lack of a trenchant or subtle delivery . |
| 8 | The trio , who all play for FK Austria in Vienna , have not been allowed to travel back to their country . |
| 9 | The trio , who all play for FK Austria in Vienna , have not been allowed to travel back to their country . |
| 10 | Earlier on , the band had proved their worth on the college snooker table — much to the dismay of the Students ' Union security staff , who obviously feared for the state of the green baize — and drummer Steve Goodwin showed a ruthless streak on the pinball machine . |
| 11 | Earlier on , the band had proved their worth on the college snooker table — much to the dismay of the Students ' Union security staff , who obviously feared for the state of the green baize — and drummer Steve Goodwin showed a ruthless streak on the pinball machine . |
| 12 | If I analyse the bosses I 've worked for , the ones who irritated me the most were the ones who were indecisive and who constantly asked for more information just to delay making a decision . |
| 13 | Lists of freemen of the city must be used with great caution , for their coverage was far from complete , but they indicate patterns of immigration amongst the ‘ middling ’ groups of townsmen — the tradesmen , craftsmen and shopkeepers who together accounted for at least half the adult male population . |
| 14 | It is apparent that the dominant holders are the insurance companies and pension funds who together accounted for around 50% of all holdings . |
| 15 | The second reason is that the ending of the war , like the starting of it , will require the intermediation of the UN ; and the Europeans , who progressively voted for all the Security Council resolutions which opened the door to war , will naturally seek another series of resolutions to close it again . |
| 16 | In sober fact it was not the Saracens who ambushed and humiliated Charlemagne 's army in the mountain pass , but the Basques , who thus confirmed for the chronicler Eginhard their already long-standing reputation for treachery . |
| 17 | I describe the proceedings here , however , because they raise questions about the willingness of the GMC to protect patients from forms of diagnosis and treatments which have not been sufficiently validated and about its lenient attitude to a doctor who persistently touted for business by attracting the interest of tabloid journalists . |
| 18 | It 's probably that Robert Johnson , who finally headed for the crossroads in 1938 , made more money for Sony/Columbia last year than many of their more super-hyped contemporary acts . |
| 19 | For notwithstanding I trust to bring you off happily , with the goodwill of our lord the king and all who best speak for this land , yet I do know there are some who may have other thoughts concerning you . |
| 20 | Censorship is an unprofessional act , and anyone who deliberately calls for and takes part in censorship has no place in the profession . |
| 21 | It seemed obvious that the best form of organization for overseas trade was the one that was used first in exporting wool and then by the cloth traders , who still accounted for three-quarters of English exports in the first half of the century : all the merchants involved would sell together at a ‘ staple ’ town , usually in Belgium or the Netherlands , where they could avoid competing with each other and so increase their bargaining strength . |
| 22 | Mr Chairman I believe I have the floor and I would also say that contrary to what we 've just been told there are people employed by what was called and three to four hundred people are employed , they 're not effected other than fifteen people , fifteen people were not effected by this statement and there are some hundred and eighty people who still work for and connected with the project . |
| 23 | Ex-Walkers staff to have come forward so far include Alfred Donaldson ( who started at Pagefield in 1934 ) , Bob Smith and Ted Porter , who still works for parent company Beloit Walmesley of Bolton , who now make giant paper making machines . |
| 24 | Rosa , who still works for us , has safely escaped into childhood . |
| 25 | Jozef put me in contact with an old acquaintance of his , who still works for MI5 . |
| 26 | I welcome this book on two major counts : first , because it succeeds in what should be the aim of every author , that is to educate and entertain , and secondly because it has been written by a very knowledgeable person who genuinely cares for his dogs , has bred a consistent type for many years and has put as much into the ‘ dog game ’ as he has taken out . |
| 27 | Now that Shankly and Stein and many like them have gone , it raises the question of whether McIlvanney 's world of sport , embracing values and heroes who genuinely stood for something , faces inevitable decay in these vainglorious and calculating times . |
| 28 | Your cause will grab more power as time passes , boosted by the media , who always go for a new slant on the sex thing . |
| 29 | He was then thrown into a frenzy by a letter announcing the impending arrival of Lando Medici , the richest of American patrons who always paid for ponies in readies out of a Gladstone bag . |
| 30 | That time my father was on the deck giving a dramatic blow by blow account of Dunkirk , which was overheard by a family from Stoke-on-Trent who promptly dived for their life jackets . |