Example sentences of "who [verb] [pron] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Others we chatted with when we met them around the grounds , and some became temporary friends who asked us in for coffee or drinks , invitations which we pleasurably returned . |
| 2 | NOVELISTS WHO HIDE themselves away for months or years usually emerge from their seclusion nervously clutching a manuscript , hand it over to their publishers , and wait by the phone for some kind of reaction . |
| 3 | It was deliberately smashed by people who used it cynically for their own electoral purposes . |
| 4 | For example , Mr X gives property to Mr Z who holds it absolutely for the infant unmarried son of Mr X. That is a transfer of an asset and a settlement for the purposes of ss663 and 664 ( although the Revenue may not apply ss663 where the income is not paid to the infant ) . |
| 5 | One afternoon we went for a walk to a nearby village where we met an old man with a stick and a long grey moustache who invited us home for tea . |
| 6 | They are self selecting , and what we 've got to puncture is not the erm idea that the best goes forward , which is what you 're suggesting , erm but the idea of this self-selecting bit , it 's quite true that it tends to be men who put themselves forward for selection and election , and women do n't . |
| 7 | At least you 're on the payroll , though , remember who put you up for that , eh ? |
| 8 | ‘ Oh — do n't tell me , I do n't want to know , ’ Emmie cried passionately , flinging herself down on top of William who suffered her patiently for a moment and then got up , shook himself and moved away . |
| 9 | Eventually he met a boy almost distressed with diffidence who told him enough for him to conclude that Lorton was much too far away for comfort . |
| 10 | ‘ The person who signed you up for the job in the first place , remember . ’ |
| 11 | What I do n't want is a man who takes me out for a meal , buys a bottle of cheap plonk and expects payment in the form of instant sex , either in the back of his car , or if he gets really lucky , in my flat . |
| 12 | A few other pilots have flown Lindsey 's Corsair — Ray and Mark Hanna of the Old Flying Machine Company , Hoof Proudfoot , Chief Pilot for The Fighter Collection , who flew it out for a display in Ireland this year . |
| 13 | The prospects are bright and assured : ‘ Never fear the want of business — a man who qualifies himself well for his calling never fails of employment ’ ( Thomas Jefferson ) . |
| 14 | Who pays you back for that ? ’ |
| 15 | When the future of our quaint , much-loved ground was in jeopardy , it was Laurie who bought it outright for us . |
| 16 | But , perhaps most importantly , there was an end in sight and soon my mother — who nursed him heroically for most of the year , and on whom by far the heaviest load had fallen and would fall — once again took over from me . |
| 17 | The Thelma & Louise star , then a sales assistant , impressed a talent spotter who snapped her up for a stage role . |