Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb past] for [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was I who cared for her murdered child through his last days . ’ |
| 2 | Their only appeal to Clara lay in their austerity , which sometimes reached a point where it bordered on the dangerously extreme ; there was one sad tale , for instance , of a little girl who cared for her cruel stepmother with unfailing devotion , and who died of pneumonia after running out in her nightgown to look for her stepmother 's cat . |
| 3 | A DEVOTED son who cared for his paralysed father until he died has received a prestigious European Child of Achievement award at a ceremony in France . |
| 4 | Bob Spottiswood was a strong and pacy right half-back who played for his native Carlisle United before coming south to appear for Croydon Common for the 1908–09 season . |
| 5 | CHAMP , the faithful terrier who pined for his dead master , has been put to sleep by a vet . |
| 6 | On the site of the old gallows a St Andrew 's Cross is inlaid to the memory of Covenanter martyrs who died for their Protestant faith . |
| 7 | Upon Julie who feared for her young daughter and wanted to leave . |
| 8 | Sir , — Can I thank the 20,033 people who voted for me last week . |