Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] who [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bo Jackson , the outstanding running-back who rushes for the Raiders when not playing baseball for the Kansas City Royals , returns to practice this week , but is unlikely to be ready for the Raiders game on Sunday … against the Kansas City Chiefs . |
| 2 | A neighbour at his home in Southend , Essex , said : ‘ He was a smashing lad who lived for the Army . |
| 3 | Gavin Nebbeling was a tall , upright , South African central defender who played for the Palace throughout the 1980s , but his career was continually dogged by injury and this rather limited his value , although his League appearances exceeded 150 by the time he moved on to Fulham in the summer of 1989 . |
| 4 | Many of the young feel alienated from old PLO hands , such as Haider Abdul Shafi , the prominent Gazan doctor who negotiates for the Palestinians in far-away Washington . |
| 5 | Bill Davies was a Welsh International winger who played for The Palace in nearly 200 Southern League matches in two spells with the club from 1907 , until the 1st World War forced a conclusion to fully competitive football in 1915 . |
| 6 | Like the Dutch family who came for the half-term holiday in late February one year . |
| 7 | Alejandro Mayta the revolutionary theorist who heads for the hills in the hope of joining a mass uprising comes over finally as a misguided almost pathetic figure . |
| 8 | Dr Thomas Stuttaford , a former Conservative MP who works for the private health group , Bupa , also says moderate drinking can reduce stress , prevent heart disease , provide nutrition , and help relaxation . |
| 9 | Always a favourite in London , the Russian star who opted for the West in 1974 is now in his mid-forties — absolutely the right time to change over to a repertoire well within his present compass . |
| 10 | So called ’ Socialist ’ feminists , in true liberal style , fail to put forward a strategy to end capitalism , putting all their energies into the Labour Party who stand for the same redundant ideas which go nowhere towards real change . |