Example sentences of "who [adv] [verb] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The A&R depts that we dealt with when last I was in a band ( about 18 months ago ) all seemed to consist of young men in Armani suits and long raincoats , who only stayed for the first four numbers then left . |
| 2 | The poor little rich boy was looked after by a second mother in the person of strict Ilse , from Germany : this did a great deal , but not enough , to relieve the isolation he felt — which , as his researches disclosed , was to be a factor in the isolation and rejection suffered in turn by his younger brother , who also left for the Mediterranean . |
| 3 | Mick Houghton , who also works for the fashionable label Blast First , was asked why he had agreed to take on The Wedding Present . |
| 4 | If there was a black kid and a white kid with equal qualifications who both went for the same job , I would have to put my money on the white kid getting the job , because we 're in a white-dominated society . |
| 5 | There is no doubt they deserved the points after pushing title favourites Galleywood and Stock — who both won for the third time this season on Saturday — so close in their last two matches . |
| 6 | See how it travels , Lord , all round about ! ’ ’ said Quigley , who often reaches for the wise words of Old Mother Walsh when things are getting tough . |
| 7 | Those who previously qualified for the former , therefore , have lost out substantially , as their sickness pay has been cut by almost 20 per cent . |
| 8 | This combination of Infirmary League and Friendly Society was a good insurance against sickness but , of course , there were always those who never provided for the rainy day . |