Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb past] for [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance , this year there will be a film marking the centenary of Leo Walmsley , the novelist who lived for many years at Robin Hood 's Bay . |
| 2 | And all the time you were n't really there , you were somewhere else entirely , and the funniest part of it was that you ended up looking like a pro , like a model who lived for these moments in the public eye . |
| 3 | Bottcher Strawalde is an artist who lived for several decades in the shadow of the Berlin Wall ( the film was discovered or rediscovered by Parisians a month ago at the Jeu de Paume ) . |
| 4 | The late Miss Pepper , who lived for some years at The Bield , spoke of the ‘ throwing up ’ of fleeces during clipping to a helper on the gallery . |
| 5 | The story of Hereward was later popularised by the novelist Charles Kingsley ( 1819–1875 ) , who lived for some years at Barnack Rectory , about four miles to the south-east of Stamford . |
| 6 | I thank those who fought for that gift and who built the lasting institutions of NATO and the European Community from the ruins of 1945 . |
| 7 | Other reports were given by secretary Robert Broderick , treasurer Michael Saltmarsh , Pilgrim 's group leader Patricia Saltmarsh and Diane Loosemoore who appealed for more helpers for the Junior Church . |
| 8 | This will represent a saving of £10 for those members who opted for this extension in the past . |
| 9 | Sir Peter , who served for many years with 22nd SAS Regt. and SAS Group , is the first general to wear the badge in the SAS sand-coloured beret . |
| 10 | Maybe the 577 voters who plumped for either Lindi St Clair ( Corrective ) , Nigel Downing ( Football Supporters ) or Colin Holt ( Yorkshire ) will stay at home on April 9 , but the 456 who plumped for Green Ged Parr are likely to make a different choice . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The clock now stands beside the one given to her husband , who worked for many years at Glazier Metals Ltd . |
| 14 | Previously Bill who worked for many years as sales manager with G.U.S . |
| 15 | The Royal African Company came under criticism from the West India sugar planters , who clamoured for more slaves to be supplied without explaining how they would be paid for , and also from other English merchants who thought they could do a better job of supplying slaves . |
| 16 | In the name of Jesus Christ our Lord who died for all men . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | It is a much debated question whether those who voted for these resolutions were truly representative of their countries ' educators and whether the debate preceding them was fairly conducted . |
| 19 | These works were founded by Mr Joseph Wright , who had for many years been intimately connected with what we may call ‘ the system of locomotion ’ , having been a contractor for the conveyance of mails , and the owner of most of the coaches running between the Metropolis and Birmingham , and other large towns . |
| 20 | The membership also included Derek Senior , who had for many years been advocating a fundamental reorganisation of local government . |
| 21 | He had dropped me a note the day he left advising me to sell , so sell I did , but despite many hours spent traipsing round the East End I could only find one interested party : Mr Cohen , who had for some years conducted his tailor 's business from above my father 's shop and wanted to expand . |
| 22 | Gervold , abbot of St Wandrille , who had for some time supervised the exaction of tolls at various Channel ports ( particularly Quentovic ) and established cordial relations with Offa , evidently mollified Charlemagne and a trade embargo was not maintained . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | The only caller who stayed for any length of time said nothing at all . |
| 26 | A Conservative government , if you believe their manifesto , ought not even to be considering putting money into dying private-sector firms , but Huerter employ a lot of people , many of whom voted for this government . |