Example sentences of "who [verb] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Parents of children who qualified for secondary education signed an undertaking that the child would complete the course , and they could be fined if they failed to keep their word . |
| 3 | Dayflower , who goes for next week 's May Hill Stakes at Doncaster , was impressive on the gallops yesterday and the step up to a mile is expected to suit her admirably . |
| 4 | ‘ Who asked for two eggs and a sausage ? ' |
| 5 | Sometime after , the Society for Psychical Research was founded in 1882 and Mr Kendal sent details of the North Road Station incident to the President , Prof Sidgwick , who asked for further details of Durham 's bodily state on the eventful night . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 ) . |
| 9 | In the entrance hall of he present church the 20 bronze plaques commemorate both old and young — from Desmond William Green , who lived for 6 weeks , to many who died in the fullness of age . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I was always the one who argued for equal ages at Ladymont . |
| 13 | In March 1886 Joseph Chamberlain , as President of the Local Government Board , responded by issuing a circular to local authorities urging them to schedule necessary public works for periods of depression , and to co-operate with the Poor Law by providing paid , non-pauperizing work for those who applied for poor relief due to temporary unemployment . |
| 14 | Mark Nicholson , who plays for Scottish Students next month against the English Students , ran from his own 22 to put Gareth Williams over for the first of the visitors ' seven tries . |
| 15 | So , at Royal Insurance we decided to develop a NEW high quality home CONTENTS insurance policy especially for the over 50s who qualify for lower insurance premiums . |
| 16 | So , people who qualify for maximum benefit will still have to pay one fifth of the Community Charge . |
| 17 | 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 ’ . |
| 18 | The claim that " The eye either functions as a whole , or not at all " turns out to be , not merely false but self-evidently false to anybody who thinks for 2 seconds about his own familiar experience . |
| 19 | Those who fought for political control after James V 's death , therefore , were fighting for far more than personal position . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | But McMahon , who passed for 157 yards and a touchdown , ignited the Eagles ' best display for five weeks . |
| 22 | As Oliver ( 1986 ) has recently pointed out , the word was originally used in respect of those who cared for dependent adult relatives , mostly elderly people : |
| 23 | The federal government of the United States of America embodies a separation of powers between the executive , headed by a President elected for four years , the legislative branch , Congress , which comprises the Senate ( with 100 members who sit for six years , one-third being elected every two years ) and the House of Representatives ( with 435 members elected every two years ) , and the judicial branch , headed by the Supreme Court . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | We may notice too that since pleasures tend to fade unless varied at every recurrence it is difficult to distinguish in practice between the man who lives for pleasure and the man who lives for new experiences . |
| 26 | For example , an English person who lives for some time in the United States will often acquire a " partially " American accent . |
| 27 | In the evidence presented by Qureshi and Simons ( 1987 ) and also by Ungerson ( 1987 ) on who cares for elderly people , daughters-in-law ranked above sons as people likely to be providing such care . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Woosnam ( 69 ) and Mouland ( 70 ) moved to ten under par , five shots behind American stars Fred Couples and Davis Love , who suffered for six hours in the hot sunshine before posting a 15-under-par 273 . |
| 30 | 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 . |