Example sentences of "who [vb past] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from Mr Patten , four other ministers have lost their Cabinet posts : former Home Secretary Kenneth Baker , who is believed to have refused an offer to take over as Welsh Secretary ; Tom King from Defence , who asked for a break from office four months ago ; Peter Brooke from Northern Ireland ; and Lord Waddington , former leader of the Lords . |
| 2 | It was from Dr James Mortimer , who asked for an appointment with Holmes . |
| 3 | A contemporary of Gundulić was Junije Palmotić ( 1606–57 ) , a Ragusan noble who lived for a time in Bosnia , and who drew upon the Slav folk tales as well as on contemporary Italian and ancient classical traditions for the abundant outpouring of songs , satires , verse epics and dramas which he composed . |
| 4 | The details of the case were outlined by prosecuting solicitor , Huw Evans , who applied for a remand in custody until next Monday . |
| 5 | Powell also displayed remarkable agility in dealing with the numerous Los Angeles collectors who vied for a share of the museum 's limelight . |
| 6 | Certainly those who came for a meal with Dorothy Mellings — while Alice was there , with Jasper — tended to come in ones or twos , mostly women , perhaps needing Dorothy 's advice , or even to borrow money ; divorced friends — so many of the couples that had been to the Mellings 's in the good days had split up . |
| 7 | Erm it was actually somebody who came for an interview and you know how you sit in on the presentations when you do the group presentations ? |
| 8 | Adrian Jones , who studied for a number of years at Parnham House , has made a similar cabinet , and in the September issue he displays that piece and talks bout his work as a successful furniture-maker . |
| 9 | Alan Hey , who graduated in that year and now works in Sheffield , is planning a party for students who studied for a Diploma in Ceramics or a Manager 's Diploma in Ceramics . |
| 10 | But for girls who were unattached and less inhibited , and who yearned for a bit of ‘ fun ’ , the prospect of lavish meals in American messes , and gifts of sweets and nylons , accompanied , let it be said in all fairness , by flatteringly gallant , if brash , wooing , could be a powerful magnet . |
| 11 | under sections 6(2) and 61(1) of the Financial Services Act 1986 against a firm of solicitors who acted for a person carrying on an unauthorised investment business . |
| 12 | She remembers all the Ramsay Street actors and actresses with fondness — Jan also discovered Jason Donovan , who arrived for an audition in his school uniform , and a host of others . |
| 13 | Green Party TD , Trevor Sargent , who called for a debate on the matter , said that , as a result , the injured elephant could not feed itself . |
| 14 | It would seem to be doubtful whether a fall of this magnitude was commensurate with the effort put in by those who called for a boycott , that is , Provisional Sinn Fein , I RSP , Unity and Fathers Faul and Murray . |
| 15 | ‘ To put this rent increase on the council house tenant at the same time as a rise in poll tax is n't on , ’ said Coun Moore , who called for an increase of £1.50 per week . |
| 16 | He was found unconscious on the pavement by a dustman , who called for an ambulance . |
| 17 | The name given to an Icelandic shepherd who worked for a farmer named Thorwall . |
| 18 | Mr Mafouz , a big , jolly man who worked for a travel agent , was compiling a dossier on him . |
| 19 | ( Their father , who worked for a specialist printer , died three-and-a-half years ago . ) |
| 20 | The death by drowning of a girl who worked for a Minister of the Crown and who died after dining at the restaurant where the Minister 's wife was also dining , whether or not he himself was present , would normally have justified at least a brief paragraph in one of the national papers . |
| 21 | It ends months of financial worry for Alan Govier , who worked for a printing firm for forty-nine years . |
| 22 | The list of British craft union leaders of this period is filled with men who worked for a spell in the United States or somewhere else overseas , as they might have worked for a spell in Newcastle or Barrow-in-Furness . |
| 23 | No wonder he could n't understand anyone who worked for a living . |
| 24 | Troy Hurtibese , who worked for a bungee team called the Adrenalin Rush Adventurers , died on the way to hospital . |
| 25 | It was also during this period that we had the strangest set of photographs taken of us , by Peter Christopherson who worked for a design company , Hipgnosis — whose offices were at the back of our Denmark Street HQ — and who later joined Throbbing Gristle , a band best known for tabloid spreads on their occult practices . |
| 26 | The audience , who knew for a fact that the Press had its facts wrong about the marriage , wittered on about ‘ ordinary people ’ being able to solve problems in the privacy of their own homes . |
| 27 | She is the 21-year-old actress from Grange Hill who went for an audition with Mr Winner , and , seven months after he had had his way with her on a regular basis , got dumped . |
| 28 | The intended beneficiary of this dynastic coup was Osred ( II ) , the son of King Alhred by Osgifu , Aelfwald 's sister , a youth of no more than 19 at the time , who reigned for a year but then fell a victim to further shifts of allegiance when in 789 he was taken prisoner , deprived of his kingdom , tonsured at York and expelled , and Aethelred , son of Aethelwald , resumed royal power ( ASC D , s.a. 788 , 789 ) . |
| 29 | Nevertheless he insisted that , at least until they were over Esk , they must all stay together ; they owed that to the Border men and indeed all who looked for a share in the spoil . |
| 30 | Anyone who looked for a way out of stopping short of the tunnel of relentless worry could telephone Simon Johnson , manager of the Housing Debtline . |