Example sentences of "who [vb past] [adv] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another example was a member of the governing party in his own country who fled here for asylum , saying that his colleagues were rude and inconsiderate . |
| 2 | Mr Duncan , Burton , Ayr , who challenged unsuccessfully for vice-president of the National Farmers ' Union of Scotland only ten days ago , is 50 . |
| 3 | If they had bothered to get off their bums and ask some questions , they would have discovered that the pub in question was a regular haunt of the Parsons , who went there for lunch every Saturday on their way back from the supermarket . |
| 4 | Engholm , entered the Bundestag in 1970 , was seen as more centrist , northern and closer to the trade union movement than his rival Oskar Lafontaine , who stood unsuccessfully for Chancellor in 1990 and declined the leadership of the party at that time [ ibid . ] . |
| 5 | The sun , sea and sand mentality of the 1960s and '70s package holiday-maker would have shocked Victorian and Edwardian tourists , who travelled mainly for self improvement . |