Example sentences of "[pron] who [verb] [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( In my enthusiasm , I sent this letter to everyone whose name and number were on my telephone pad ( I ’ d been out rather a lot , and other members of the family took the calls ) ; this included someone who 'd phoned for a different reason , and next day I got a somewhat bemused call from an elderly gentleman who had never heard of Donkey Lane , but thought it sounded a splendid project and wanted to know all about it . |
| 2 | It could only be someone who had gone for a marathon walk or a solitary picnicker who had lain down and fallen asleep . |
| 3 | It 's the least I can do for one who has come for a bush walk and then finds the project nipped in the bud by her own willingness to help . ’ |
| 4 | So he found them a tiny cottage just south of Orvieto , in the grounds of the villa of some Italian friends of his who had departed for the northern mountains , a villa with a pool and a shady veranda along one side and an unspeakably romantic view down the steep hillside towards the floating cathedral . |
| 5 | She confesses to thinking more now about her social life , and marriage and children do n't seem quite so remote from her dreams but her temporal desires remain on the backburner still , sacrificed for a higher purpose : the music and anyone who attempts to dig for a Máire , a Sinéad , or a Mary Couglan should be arrested for indecency . |
| 6 | He says of Mr Kinnock 's call : ‘ I think it is a huge tribute to those of us who have spoken for the Conservative Party on industrial matters , and have had some personal experience in creating a small business and building it up to some size . |