Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [verb] [pron] for [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Founded by David Blechner and Jack Schumann in 1973 , the firm started out as a computer bureau , hiring time on its computers to customers who used them for their own jobs . |
| 2 | Yet the new role of emperor was held in control by Charles who used it for his own ends , which were often of the highest order and extended far beyond mere materialism . |
| 3 | It was Alan 's wife who entered him for his first rally and he enjoyed it so much he decided to continue . |
| 4 | No one in Bristol — certainly not Big Mal , now 65 — was letting on exactly who hired him for his latest battle against relegation . |
| 5 | For Binks was a plant collector , sending his finds to several eminent gentlemen in the Darlington area who paid him for his keen eyes and diligent legwork . |
| 6 | There is a Joy that is not given to those who do not love you ( O God ) , but only to those who love you for your own sake . |
| 7 | ‘ It is a figment of the imagination by those who want to dominate ITV , who care nothing for our regional character and who seek to shift control of our operations from Cardiff and Bristol to London or Birmingham . |
| 8 | That I am not , is due partly to my dislike of professional boxing and the men who manipulate it for their own ends , and partly to the fact that Lewis is yet another ‘ adopted ’ Englishman , who has spent most of his life in Canada , and won an Olympic medal fighting in their colours . |
| 9 | They identify the central issue as that of dependency : given the sexual division of labour , women , unlike men , have dependants who need them for their very survival . |