Example sentences of "the [noun sg] who was [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Wolski thought of his friend the eagle who was struggling for life through this long night Then he did something he had not done for years , for decades , since before the darkness came to his own life in the Second World War : he said a silent prayer . |
| 2 | There is a lot of humorous reminiscing by the veterans about previous pilgrimages , about blisters , about the student who was cautioned for cooling his feet in a public reservoir , about the crippling last mile of the pilgrimage which , apparently ( who says we 're not living in the Middle Ages ? ) , we walk barefoot . |
| 3 | The Policy and Resources Committee decided to wait until the end of an appeal by Richard Shield , the man who was sacked for recruiting Tommy Sheppard . |
| 4 | The man who was asking for us ? ’ |
| 5 | On the 5th post-operative day Mr Reynolds became very distressed and eventually admitted to the nurse who was caring for him that his " water works " were the source of his concern . |
| 6 | The fourth matter upon which the appellants rely , and this is a matter of considerable importance , is that they claim to have been misled by the solicitor who was acting for them during the course of 1991 and particularly in respect of these committal proceedings . |