Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [adv] [vb past] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those , on the other hand , who gladly settled for Masham Methodist can make contact . |
| 2 | I describe the proceedings here , however , because they raise questions about the willingness of the GMC to protect patients from forms of diagnosis and treatments which have not been sufficiently validated and about its lenient attitude to a doctor who persistently touted for business by attracting the interest of tabloid journalists . |
| 3 | He was then thrown into a frenzy by a letter announcing the impending arrival of Lando Medici , the richest of American patrons who always paid for ponies in readies out of a Gladstone bag . |
| 4 | Alpha Saracouu , Sierra Leone 's High Commissioner in the UK , and team manager Major Kargbo made the trip to Ashton Gate to inquire about Rosenior , who once played for England schoolboys . |
| 5 | ZOLA BUDD , the barefoot waif who once ran for Britain , was a South African disaster in the 3000- metre heats . |
| 6 | The cause of all this activity was an illfated meeting in December , up north in the District of Columbia , between Mr Marion Barry , DC 's mayor , and Mr Charles Lewis , a St Thoman who once worked for Mr Barry 's government . |
| 7 | ‘ Scotty ’ Gilmour , who formerly worked for Tony Jacklin , duly performed the aiming function , and a birdie from 15ft at the seventeenth partially repaired the damage . |
| 8 | Paul Newing , who formerly worked for John Taylor of Wavesports before the firm went under , has now left Olympus Outdoor World and is working for John 's Peak Trading company in Czechoslovakia . |
| 9 | William Golding fans included Blake Morrison , literary editor of the Independent on Sunday ( who also went for Kingley Amis ) and John Coldstream , literary editor of the Daily Telegraph . |
| 10 | And that includes the many British ex-pats and handful of Americans who also fell for Mayle 's picture of the French way of life . |
| 11 | DENNIS SILK , a three-time Cambridge Blue who also played for Somerset , was names as MCC 's next president at the club 's AGM at Lord 's on May 6 , Silk , 60 , who retired recently as Warden of Radley College , takes over from Michael Melluish on Oct 1 , and will be the first to spend two years in office , under anew rule passed at the AGM . |
| 12 | The former Highland League player , who also played for Leicester City , Motherwell and Rangers , is now in the midst of his longest run in the first team at Tynecastle . |
| 13 | The central character in this story of the times is a seventeen-year-old runaway from New York City , who is taken by the whole current youth philosophy and ends up in California , where she tries to locate her brother who also headed for San Francisco . |
| 14 | Sophie Kimball and Philippa Coaker stayed for a while but in August Diana and Carolyn were joined by Anne Bolton , who also worked for Savills , and Virginia Pitman , the oldest member of the quartet . |
| 15 | The prisoners of war had left the fields and there were different people who now gathered for elevenses round the kitchen range . |
| 16 | Apart from organising his domestic life , Stella Pullman was a disciplinarian in the old British landlady tradition ( her husband was a former RAF pilot who now flew for BOAC ) . |
| 17 | Corporal Wix was the retired soldier who now worked for General Francis . |
| 18 | ‘ What 's he doing there ? ’ asked Brian , who sometimes feared for Camille 's virtue . |
| 19 | Don Letts — who then worked for Acme Attractions and was until recently part of Big Audio Dynamite — was always in . |
| 20 | Sammy Smyth , who almost signed for Comrades after playing a number of pre-season friendlies , put Carrick ahead in the second minute before Brian Robson edged them further in front on the stroke of half-time . |
| 21 | Sammy Smyth , who almost signed for Comrades after playing a number of pre-season friendlies , put Carrick ahead in the second minute before Brian Robson edged them further in front on the stroke of half-time . |
| 22 | The firm is headed by Steven Gluckstern , a financial wizard who previously worked for Salomon Brothers , a Wall Street firm , and Warren Buffett 's Berkshire Hathaway investment company . |