Example sentences of "who have [verb] [pron] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new Eve momentarily wants to be a tragedy queen ; for a few flickering instants , she wants to be like almost ali the characters in literature whom we find most beguiling — Cleopatra , Anna Karenin , Madame Bovary , Eve herself in Paradise Lost — a figure who has risked everything for the sake of une grande passion . |
| 2 | For example , there is a right way and a wrong way of answering a stranger who has asked you for the time . |
| 3 | Instinctively , I dipped my fingers in the holy water and crossed myself , remembering the Catholic aunt in South Armagh who 'd raised me for a while as a child and had anguished over my black little Protestant soul . |
| 4 | On that third morning , though , it had been Haynes who led out the home team , since Richards was in the press box breathing fire at Daily Express journalist James Lawton who had asked him for an explanation of the V-sign he had given to his own crowd . |
| 5 | He was reminded of the statements of the stableman who had joined him for a drink at the Bull , situated at the end of Cross Street , and of the café owner where he had stopped for a fried breakfast . |
| 6 | In 1987 the role of Lord Mayor was taken by Richard Horner , a local butcher , who had done it for a few years . |
| 7 | The picture , measured by the statistics , has not changed significantly since the Budget a month ago , but consumers who had braced themselves for the biggest cut in living standards ever imposed at a single stroke suddenly find themselves spared . |
| 8 | All of them were big men who had drawn lots for the honour of the occasion , and carefully they lifted Artai and carried him up the short flight of steps to the summit of the plinth . |
| 9 | Did she agonizingly miss the faithless Finn who had deserted her for a cross-eyed creature ? |
| 10 | The grandmother who had held him for a family photograph ; the mother Eda , the father Meir , the brothers Chaim , Avram , Aizik and Josef ; the sisters Selma and Esther . |
| 11 | In the previous May Prince Rupert had captured the town for the Royalists from Colonel Dukinfield , who had held it for the Parliamentarians . |
| 12 | Most memorable was Tory , haughtily holding her very intelligent head in the air , but missing her husband , who had left her for a ‘ woman officer ’ . |
| 13 | Swan felt very much at a disadvantage , especially when Amaranth told him that she had promised to go to The Times/Sunday Times party with Charles , who had left them for a moment to have a quick word with Peter Riddell of The Times . |
| 14 | ‘ The course started in 1991 and those students who have completed two years will be awarded diplomas and those who have followed it for a year will get certificates . ’ |
| 15 | Smith had Picnic 's full co-operation when winning last week 's leading showjumper of the year title at Wembley , making a timely impression on the selectors who have chosen him for the British team . |
| 16 | It was an occasion filled with memories of a life time in the carpet business , highlighted with speeches by Ralph Ellis , Rod Turnbull , Steve Higgins and from customers who have known him for a long time . |
| 17 | Every increase in the price expected will , as a rule , induce some people who would not otherwise have produced anything , to produce a-little ; and those , who have produced something for the lower price , will produce more for the higher price . |
| 18 | It 's been bought by the man who 's run it for the RSPCA for the last eight years . |