Example sentences of "man who [verb] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It told the story of a man who had searched for happiness on an island like Koraloona , only to be disillusioned , yet unable to tear himself away . |
| 2 | ‘ You must not think , ’ gently said the man who had married for love in his late twenties , ‘ that the king has always reasons of cold policy for what he does . |
| 3 | The man who had fought for her , who had killed to protect her . |
| 4 | But when it arose in the 16th Century , it simply denoted a man who had opted for worldly pleasure by marrying , in contrast to a cleric who stayed celibate . |
| 5 | The man who had paid for my education and luxuries for years was risking his life to see me . |
| 6 | A holy man who 'd prepared for his death , who might even , perhaps , have welcomed it . |
| 7 | The man who actually had the lease or paid the rent anyway on this flat was a man who worked sorting for the Post Office . |
| 8 | Captain Fred Barker is Senior Master with the hunt , a man who has hunted for 44 years . |
| 9 | A TYNESIDE man who has worked for the Ministry of Defence for nearly 30 years will be awarded a medal on Thursday . |
| 10 | A SUPERMARKET assistant recognised a man who tried to pay for goods with a stolen credit card — because she 'd seen him as a strippergram . |
| 11 | A MAN who refused to speak for several days after being arrested was yesterday given a 12-month conditional discharge . |
| 12 | A man who refused to pay for his beer , |
| 13 | A man who liked to dress for every occasion … and with a fascinating taste for everything from Japanese culture to the history of the bicycle . |
| 14 | It follows the publication of medical research which says men who 've worked for the Atomic Energy Authority and may have been exposed to certain radioactive materials have more than twice the normal risk of developing prostate cancer . |
| 15 | He listened to the few men who had survived for more than a few weeks and talked of ‘ Blighty ’ and prayed only for a ‘ cushy wound ’ so they could be moved to the nearest hospital tent and , if they were among the lucky ones , eventually be sent home to England . |
| 16 | By 1922 the team of brilliant men who had governed for the past six years could not but see themselves as irreplaceable . |
| 17 | We began to take men who had volunteered for the guards , but who had been found by senior Service Medical Officers to be suffering from tuberculosis . |
| 18 | TED 'S POSITION as eighth alternate meant that eight men who had qualified for the heats would have to drop out before he was summoned . |
| 19 | Most of the local men who had come for the conventicle , had come armed in case of a surprise attack , and many of the others agreed to arm themselves , but additional men would be required if the Dragoons were to be confronted . |
| 20 | There was a number of men who had passed for Sergeant 's rank , and the only way they could get it was to report another policeman so they could go to the chief constable on a discipline charge . |
| 21 | Men who have preached for years in the city streets are now under the intimidation of RUC sergeants and police constables ’ . |
| 22 | It is a striking fact , by no means lost on the men who have to pay for them , that the spirits which so plague their womenfolk have expensive tastes and invariably request such items as costly perfumes , jewellery , fine dresses , and delicious foods and sweetmeats . |