Example sentences of "[noun sg] who [be] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dundee club coach Stewart Harris , the Teamsport co-ordinator for basketball , is taking over from Lawrence Randak as coach to the student side who are preparing for the British Universities group tournament in Bath next week . |
| 2 | The former England captain could not break down a determined Arsenal side who were playing for their places in the forthcoming FA Cup semi final against Tottenham . |
| 3 | Mr Lavender , an insurance agent who was studying for a master 's degree , was found slumped on the ground in Battersea High Street , South London , by a group of youngsters . |
| 4 | No further away than this morning The Times printed an advertisement from 209 of the great and the good who are calling for the legalisation of cannabis . |
| 5 | She looked at the crumpled figure who was fighting for breath on the pillow , perspiration pouring down his anguished face . |
| 6 | I see my task as a weaver who is looking for threads to weave together . |
| 7 | PRINCE has come to the aid of a DJ who was fired for playing tracks from the star 's raunchy new album . |
| 8 | Executive power is held by a President who is elected for a six-year term and who appoints a Cabinet including the Governor of the Federal District . |
| 9 | Executive power is in the hands of a President who is elected for a six-year term by the National Assembly . |
| 10 | Executive power is in the hands of a President who is elected for a six-year term by the National Assembly ( Kuo-Min Ta-Hui ) . |
| 11 | This can be so useful to anyone looking for a secondary school , especially for the young couple with a growing child who are looking for a new area to move into . |
| 12 | In case there is a child who is pining for a parent , choose a spare adult who will , if required , give special attention to a needy child . |
| 13 | Hercules was a strong , courageous hero who was known for his indulgence for food and drink as well as for his strength and heroic deeds . |
| 14 | Since 1978 , anyone in receipt of child benefit , supplementary benefit or income support who is caring for someone in one of the eligible categories starred above is automatically credited with HRP . |
| 15 | Tina stayed for no more than six months but some good , hard-working , idealistic people remained , the kind who are made for communes and communes for them , and they mended the window frames and grew vegetables in the garden . |
| 16 | This is an author who is destined for great things . |
| 17 | We were reluctant to submit patients with very poor prognosis to a two week course of radiotherapy and the small proportion entered reflects the extent of disease and poor general condition in this elderly group who are referred for laser treatment . |
| 18 | Its seven years since the American band Dr Hook split up : now the lead singer from the group who were known for their naked encores is back on the road . |
| 19 | One American general who was fired for revealing that the US would bomb ‘ downtown Baghdad ’ is now working for CBS . |
| 20 | One moment I was a famous and popular doctor , the next I was a violent criminal who was wanted for murder . |
| 21 | and my goodness me it 's got some bounce in it , two years old , yeah and then of course in the paper shop who 's waiting for a paper but Alex , so I said oh I said you all packed ? |
| 22 | No , our Whelan is Noel Whelan , a lad who was playing for the youngsters just last season . |
| 23 | He went along with a friend who was auditioning for the lead and landed the part himself , playing a thug hanged for murder . |
| 24 | He went along with a friend who was auditioning for the lead and landed the part himself , playing a thug hanged for murder . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | These expressions , and those like them ( Uriah Heep , Job 's Comforter , Don Quixote come immediately to mind ) involve a character who is used for a particular , and rather limited , purpose , namely the personalisation of a distinct quality . |
| 27 | One Italian who was executed for war crimes — General Bellomo — was the only anti-fascist army officer at a senior level ; he was found guilty after one of his men shot an escaping British prisoner of war at Bari . |
| 28 | First , as we wish to encourage carers and strengthen families — even the extended family — if a person who is caring for someone loses them to a home , the person 's home should not have to go on the market to meet the cost of fees . |
| 29 | I believe it is possible to propose an explanation for the intuitive feeling one gets that the -ing form would be somewhat inappropriate here : the author is describing a person who is groping for anything which will reassure her before she meets her angry father and the mere fact that she is able to perceive objects which are familiar to her — when she feels so disoriented that she can take nothing for granted — is what gives her the sense that she is neither shirking nor lying . |
| 30 | A person who was prosecuted for organising a public assembly contrary to section 14(4) or for taking part in such a gathering or inciting another to do so , would be able to argue that what he was involved in was not an unlawful assembly within the definition . |