Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [verb] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all , the Lurgan outfit can boast the talents of Barry and Kevin O'Hagan as well as the mercurial skills of Diarmuid Marsden all of whom played for the Armagh Minor side last year . |
| 2 | Any golfer who qualified for the Tour had assuredly earned and paid for the privilege . |
| 3 | ‘ I knew I could beat Robin Reid , who qualified for the Olympics , and I just hope that winning the title will show the selectors they have made a big mistake . ’ |
| 4 | These Diploma holders , together with a further four members who qualified for the FSD under the Lombard Scheme , bring the total number of FSD holders to 387 worldwide . |
| 5 | The Indians , who qualified for the finals after a last-gasp win over West Indies in the final qualifying match , were never on course to match Australia 's 233 for 5 , the feature of which was an innings of 73 from Dean Jones , recalled after surprisingly being omitted from the previous match . |
| 6 | There had been no retaliation by the MacIans , but they all knew they were ready for it if any had come , and who to thank for the readiness ; and no-one mentioned who they had to thank for the threat . |
| 7 | A neighbour at his home in Southend , Essex , said : ‘ He was a smashing lad who lived for the Army . |
| 8 | The conference was marked by a split between the USA , Soviet Union and Saudi Arabia on the one hand , who resisted the imposition of specific emissions cuts , and the remaining Western countries , including Europe , Japan and Australia , on the other , who argued for the adoption of a freeze on C02 emissions at present levels by the year 2000 . |
| 9 | Another fairly important change was that a review by a review board should be discontinued if it was established that the inspector 's report did not adversely affect the reputation of the person who applied for the review . |
| 10 | Millions who applied for the minimum 100 shares in the great water sell-off are likely today to be told their applications are being met in full despite a huge oversubcription to the £5.24billion privatisation . |
| 11 | Also selected for the first time is batsman Mohsin Chohan , who plays for the Bangor club and has appeared for Caernarfonshire in the past . |
| 12 | They were two of five Winchester Club players in the nine-member Alton College squad , which also included five county players , and Cathy MacCormack who plays for the South of England under-18 team . |
| 13 | Former world snooker champion Terry Griffiths , who plays for the South Wales CA Division Five side Burry Port , is spearheading a campaign for a new sports stadium in the town . |
| 14 | Who plays for the football team you support ? |
| 15 | But the talented Keane , who plays for the Republic of Ireland against Spain in Seville tomorrow , will put the negotiations on ice while he weighs up his options . |
| 16 | Many from Transylvania who fought for the downfall of Ceaucescu are persecuted , whilst his defenders are treated as heroes . |
| 17 | Colonel Bullen Reynes , who fought for the king during the Civil War , built the house in the 1690s . |
| 18 | When they wanted to stop the investment programme , it was managing director Malcolm Cotton who fought for the idea . |
| 19 | The demonstrators want Britain to apologize for the executions of nine men who fought for the island 's independence in the fifties . |
| 20 | Portillo , in whom Nigel Lawson saw ‘ something quite out of the ordinary ’ , is the son of a Spanish law professor who fought for the republicans in the Spanish civil war and a left of centre Scottish school teacher . |
| 21 | There were those who fought for the joy of fighting and those who slew for the sake of slaying . |
| 22 | There were some who were clever , some who were stupid , and none who cared for the lecture that would take her forty-five minutes to read and three evenings to prepare . |
| 23 | I could see that the old bull was not going to be forced to drink , and he protested by coming after my father-in-law who made for the post . |
| 24 | Alejandro Mayta the revolutionary theorist who heads for the hills in the hope of joining a mass uprising comes over finally as a misguided almost pathetic figure . |
| 25 | Professional safeguards apply to those who appear for the prosecution and the defence . |
| 26 | It is easy to assume that with so limited a population and tourists numbering a fraction of those who head for the sun , protection of the countryside is straightforward . |
| 27 | THE million Britons who head for the sunshine state of Florida each year are being offered a far more dangerous illusion than any of the rides Disney World has to offer . |
| 28 | I mean who who cares for the electricity ? |
| 29 | So what you say about the rights of fathers is also about who is the ‘ real ’ father — the biological father or the man who cares for the child ? |
| 30 | It is an issue for anyone who cares for the sanctity of human life . |