Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [verb] [verb] [pron] for [adj] " in BNC.

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1 HELENA Bonham-Carter , the actress , was yesterday granted a High Court injunction in London against a fan who has pestered her for several years .
2 However , the reader who has to look herself for these useful references will find much else to inform and entertain .
3 It was commissioned by the Disney Corporation , who hope to sell it for sixty thousand dollars .
4 Eventually , Reid said , ‘ All Susan ever said about her father was that he was a grade-A shit who 'd ignored her for most of her life and thought money was a good substitute for love .
5 ‘ People who try to screw you for that extra ten pence , ’ John offers .
6 ‘ I have a message from the farmer , who wishes to thank you for all you 've done , ’ she said .
7 It is a quite deliberate attempt to depaganise the site by someone who wished to use it for other functions .
8 They could purchase land from owners who refused to sell for development or from builders who wished to retain it for future development .
9 Mohawk Grand Chief Joe Norton warned that there would be further violence unless the Quebec authorities agreed to return policing of the reservation to the control of the Indians , who had policed it for 11 years prior to the outbreak of the 1990 trouble .
10 I make this point after returning from a day 's walking near Ullswater when I was approached by a party of walkers who had followed me for some distance thinking that I was headed for the same destination .
11 His squad of reporters , a dozen strong , who had tailed him for five years , was disbanded .
12 She also warned Quinn of the abrasive Kevin Brown , who had chosen her for this mission and had established himself in London with a team of eight to ‘ keep an eye on things ’ .
13 Only women who have never taken the pill and those who have taken it for eight or more years are followed up beyond the age of 45 .
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