Example sentences of "[noun sg] [Wh pn] [be] [verb] [adv] for " in BNC.

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1 He could have destroyed Tottenham except for their world class goalie who is shaping up for a good World Cup eh Halvard ?
2 The conservative teacher who is looking only for a reasonable salary and a peaceful life .
3 This is not to say that there are not many people of good will who are working conscientiously for a more humane society , but such efforts inevitably succumb to the demonic .
4 Richart , who plotted to assassinate the king in a brothel , was a liberal army paymaster who was passed over for absorption into the civil service — the only career for superfluous officers .
5 GARETH CHILCOTT , the England prop who was sent off for the fourth time in his playing career with Bath when the champions suffered a League reversal at Gloucester last month , is still awaiting news of his punishment from the Somerset disciplinary committee .
6 K. R. One night we had a strange sergeant in from the South End of the city who was filling in for our missing sergeant .
7 I did n't bring anything to read , and papers bore me anyway , so I 'm wondering if I 'm the kind of guy who 's cut out for relationships .
8 I usually have some sympathy for a player who is dismissed simply for being over-aggressive , but I draw the line when this aggro is carried out on a fellow team mate .
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