Example sentences of "who [verb] [vb pp] [prep] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand Imamu is a very unrestricted boy who has lived in Harlem for the majority of his life doing what ever he liked with whom ever he liked . |
| 2 | Anatoliy , who has lived in Kiev for only three years , claimed a 9lb salmon as his best catch . |
| 3 | An American who has lived in Britain for 15 years , she has experienced the ‘ devastating ’ effects of unemployment . |
| 4 | Mrs White , who is originally from Edinburgh , but who has lived in Chester for six years , said the accolade for the hotel was given because it is a ‘ gorgeous place , ’ built in 1860 , with wood-panelling throughout and full of antiques . |
| 5 | Sixty-nine-year-old Mr Marshall , who has lived in Merrybent for 23 years , said : ‘ I want people to know how I survived as an objective lesson to other people that they can get through it . |
| 6 | Brian Mounsey , 24 , who has lived in Thailand for the past three years , was arrested after being found with two kilos of heroin . |
| 7 | Anybody who has operated in business for more than five years knows that invariably in five years the business is not all right unless something has been done about it . |
| 8 | ‘ The blokes prefer the night watch — they do n't get mucked about so much , ’ says Senior Hand Ted Temple , who has served at Soho for more than 20 years . |
| 9 | The Prime Minister 's comments came in a letter to the Thurrock Labour MP , Andrew MacKinlay , who has campaigned for pardons for 307 British soldiers executed during the 1914-1918 war . |
| 10 | Despite the lines round her mouth and the flecks of grey in her hair , there was a bloom in her cheeks and her eyes shone like those of a girl who has fallen in love for the first time . |
| 11 | Yoash Kahn , who has taught in England for many years but who also has strong links with education in Israel , recalls his hostel days with affection , even if he did have problems adjusting to the regime . |
| 12 | Peter , who has worked for Courtaulds for 19 years , recently transferred from Research to Engineering in Coventry . |
| 13 | Joe , who has worked on site for more than 30 years , is a founder member of the National Campaign for the Nuclear Industry . |
| 14 | It transpired the reason why I was put on the works was because there was another woman on the works with the same surname who 'd gone to Holloway for her appeal and they thought she 'd come back and had got us mixed up . |
| 15 | The prosecution say that she was plucked from the bridge by Hagans , who 'd lain in wait for the right victim and then pounced . |
| 16 | Minor symptoms accompanying seroconversion , such as fever , tiredness , pain accompanying swallowing , headaches , and nightsweats , were not reported significantly more often by the drug users who seroconverted compared to controls for HIV . |
| 17 | ‘ In Trevor , Chris Waddle , Viv Anderson , Chris Woods and myself we have players who 've appeared in Europe for other clubs . |
| 18 | Well , while the vote has dismayed some , those who 've campaigned for years for the ordination of women into the priesthood are celebrating . |
| 19 | None of the reformed drinkers ( five with biopsy proven cirrhosis ) , who had abstained from alcohol for at least two months had raised values . |
| 20 | The sentence over the exemption of the abbey was given by the pope himself in his consistory and Thomas of Marlborough , who had appeared as proctor for the abbey , fainted for joy . |
| 21 | Before 1781 it had consisted of only eight houses , but in that year the Strutts — who had gone into partnership for a time with the then-needy Arkwright — built the large cotton mill that still stands there . |
| 22 | While the Sussex gentry who had gone to war for religion had to adjust to the need to maintain stability , many of the Puritan clergy could and would not . |
| 23 | She wanted me to phone a number in Zagreb to find out if her husband , who had gone to Yugoslavia for an operation on his liver just before the war , was alive or dead . |
| 24 | Oil Ministers from the member states of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries ( OPEC ) who had gathered in Vienna for their 93rd meeting on Nov. 25-27 , reached agreement on a cut in output which would involve restricting global OPEC oil production to 24,580,000 barrels per day ( bpd ) in the first quarter of 1993 . |
| 25 | In Wisconsin the Democratic incumbent Bob Kastenmeier , a sub-committee chairman who had served in Congress for 32 years , was defeated by Republican Scott Klug , a 37-year old newscaster . |
| 26 | Dr Richardson ( 1663–1741 ) of North Bierley near Bradford was an eminent botanist who had studied in Leyden for three years , lodging with Paul Hermann , Professor of Botany . |
| 27 | The jockey , who had flown to Australia for a series of big races , plans to appeal today . |
| 28 | CASE STUDY : JENNY Jenny , 20 , was a student who had suffered from bulimia for three years . |
| 29 | On the steps of the City Hall he spoke to a crowd of 50,000 who had waited for hours for his appearance . |
| 30 | His dismissal angered senior police chiefs who saw it as yet another concession from Gaviria to drug cartel chiefs , who had surrendered in return for reduced prison sentences [ see pp. 37914 ; 37957-58 ; 38283 ] . |