Example sentences of "who [vb past] [noun sg] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prestel was launched in 1979 to provide users with instant access to thousands of pages of information and the ability to communicate with other Prestel users and with some of those who provided information for the system . |
| 2 | If its distribution won them friends , a loss of employment was readily blamed on the same men who assumed credit for the award of patronage , and frequently credit was assumed but blame apportioned when the politician 's responsibility was unclear . |
| 3 | During the two occasions on which we talked , he seemed a caring and compassionate doctor blessed with a natural ease and affability , who needed publicity for the £2 million appeal he had launched to raise money to turn his Harley Street office into a well woman centre . |
| 4 | The crossbow , most useful in defence when the crossbowman , who needed protection for the time required to wind up his weapon , could hide himself behind a wall , was an elitist weapon , most effective in the hands of Gascons , who fought in Wales for Edward I , and of Genoese , a large contingent of whom fought on the French side at Crécy . |
| 5 | The victory of Gantt , a liberal who professed support for the right to abortion , and opposed the death penalty and high defence spending , meant that he would face Republican Jesse Helms , the right-wing conservative incumbent who , in his three terms in the Senate , had campaigned prominently against civil rights , federal spending and permissiveness . |
| 6 | Speaking as the operation began , Mr Barnett thanked the person who gave permission for the donation : ‘ I know that Aisling , even if she does not survive , would want me to express my eternal gratitude to them for giving her the chance to live . ’ |
| 7 | The only person who would n't speak was the woman in a green loden cloak who scattered bread for the birds from a Harrods bag ; Magnus grew fat on brown wholemeal scraps and Gina gave up trying to keep him away . |
| 8 | In the course of his address Parker attacked : the Prince of Wales and Lord Rosebery for frequenting the turf , wealthy Nonconformists who left Dissent for the Church of England , and ‘ shifty and superficial ’ political programmes ( a warning against Liberal ‘ wire-pullers ’ who were tempted to down-grade issues which Nonconformists wished emphasized ) . |
| 9 | The uncomposed art informel of Gillet and his friend Maurice Ronet ( who left art for the theatre ) has its moments , or rather its small passages , but this is not painting that makes one reconsider painting . |