Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [verb] [vb pp] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Captain Fred Barker is Senior Master with the hunt , a man who has hunted for 44 years . |
| 2 | A Recorder who has served for five years may be appointed as a Circuit judge . |
| 3 | Mr Morris , 45 , who has served for 10 years at TV-am 's Camden Lock headquarters , says : ‘ I 'm going to have a lie-in in the morning and then a holiday for a couple of weeks somewhere sunny . ’ |
| 4 | It is also a major achievement for the Director of the Opificio , Giorgio Bonsanti who has campaigned for this since his appointment in1988 . |
| 5 | ‘ We will not examine all of them but we will take random samples and check to see if anyone who has registered for gross interest also has a file at one of our tax offices — which they should not normally have as only non-taxpayers should be registered for gross interest . |
| 6 | Glamorgan have also given a trial to Stewart Taylor , 20 , a left-arm spinner from Dublin who has played for Irish Schools . |
| 7 | Mr Diplexcito , who has fought for three years to get a suitable house for his family — he has been offered several by the district and regional authorities — said : ‘ My wife and daughters will be staying with relatives , but I only have the car as a roof over my head . |
| 8 | For example , a qualified electrician who has worked for thirty years in that profession could be forced to take an ACE post . |
| 9 | A person who has worked for 40 years for the Scottish Transport Group or one of its subsidiaries will receive a maximum pension of , as I have said , two thirds of pensionable salary . |
| 10 | At the end of the story , the lender admits ‘ It was paste ’ to the woman who has laboured for ten years . |
| 11 | Kevin Seymour , a 43-year-old architect who has cruised for most of his life , was one of the serious sailors attracted to these tough little cruisers . |
| 12 | York-born Andy Smith , who has qualified for this year 's British final at Coventry , will make a rare appearance at Cleveland Park . |
| 13 | The I O C's choice of Atlanta , Georgia to host the centennial Olympic Games has not only shocked and disappointed the Athens delegation here in Tokyo , it has brought disappointment to the team from Manchester who 'd worked for several years to fulfil the dream of bringing the Games to the U K for the first time since 1948 . |
| 14 | Those who advise students say the pressures on those who seem destined for great things is enormous . |
| 15 | Gypsy families , who 've camped for 70 years on sites like this one near Hereford , say they have no desire to give up their way of life . |
| 16 | No , I , I , I 've only got this company to compare with you see , so there are others who 've worked for other companies in , in the industry . |
| 17 | The crisis-ridden years of 1961–2 had dampened the optimism of those who had hoped for new initiatives to end the Cold War . |
| 18 | Some Romanians claim ( not unreasonably though without evidence ) that Nicolae and Elena Ceauşescu were diabolists who had arranged for certain black magical and other superstitious figures to be carved in the decorations of the Casa Republicii or hidden in the overall design and visible only to other satanic initiates of the occult . |
| 19 | Walter Renschler , 58 , was elected president of the Swiss Trade Union Federation ( Schweizerischer Gewerkschaftsbund — SGB ) on Oct. 20 , 1990 , in place of Fritz Reimann , who had served for eight years . |
| 20 | The applicant , who was strongly connected to the voters of Angus , sought Panmure 's assistance to obtain a post of inspector of customs for his son , Robert Fullerton , who had served for five years as clerk of the customs and had acted as inspector when some of these officers were under suspension . |
| 21 | I am not attempting to compare the quality of the Territorial Army now and following national service , but the TA then consisted almost entirely of people who had served for two years on a full-time basis , and the level of skill and general martial ability was very high . |
| 22 | The latter was one of Captain Buck 's SIG men , a Palestinian Jew who had served for several years in the German army . |
| 23 | The pumping was said to be done by Germans , faultlessly disguised as British officers , or even , it had been whispered , by genuine British officers who had fallen for German propaganda . |
| 24 | Again this provides a strong contrast with the first Whigs , who had pressed for frequent Parliamentary elections . |
| 25 | This last-minute addition went some way to satisfying the psychiatric lobby who had pressed for continuing health authority control . |
| 26 | Arafat 's stance of " positive neutrality " had been criticized by more militant leaders , who had pressed for military support for Iraq and the opening of a " second front " against Israel in Lebanon or the occupied territories . |
| 27 | ( a ) How could you test if the factor which causes SAD was lack of light or the cold weather ? ( b ) Would you get more information by considering patients who had suffered for several years rather than only once ? ( 2 ) Bright light is often found to bring relief . |
| 28 | Women who were currently taking the pill or who had stopped taking it in the last 12 months had a significantly lower rate of endometriosis than those who had stopped for longer periods . |
| 29 | The cadets , who had fasted for five days , now gorged themselves on toxic fungi from a death world specially grown in the hydro-culture vats , slurped up glutinous soup made from decomposing venom-gland fish , devoured foul cadavers heaped with stenchful excremental sauce , and chewed their way through discarded parchment and leather , while officers , Battle Brothers , and older cadets dined more modestly on fresh fruit and vegetables . |
| 30 | As announced on June 17 the offer to the general public was 3.2 times subscribed ; accordingly some of the shares allocated for institutional investors ( in part by tender ) and for overseas investors were " clawed back " to favour ( i ) customer applicants ; and ( ii ) other individuals who had applied for fewer than 1,000 shares . |