Example sentences of "women [Wh pn] [verb] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a heavy irony in Lady Thatcher 's fulsome tribute to the women who had campaigned for the vote . |
| 2 | In their study of 41 women who had cared for their own mother before she died , Lewis and Meredith comment that to an outside observer ‘ the majority of respondents led remarkably restricted lives ’ ( Lewis and Meredith , 1988 , p. 87 ) . |
| 3 | Shortly after reading that I was fascinated to come across Hugh Seton-Watson 's account , in a book written 44 years ago , of how in Eastern Europe between the wars the word ‘ Communist ’ had become popular with the poor subjects of largely dictatorial regimes because their rulers used it as a term of abuse against ‘ ordinary men and women who have asked for reforms , protested against bureaucratic abuse , or resisted the gendarmerie in the execution of some wanton brutality . ’ |
| 4 | Generally a trend of sick leave or requests for transfers by other women who have worked for this person will emerge . |
| 5 | The Minister must know that , when Conservative Members attack local authorities , they are attacking — sometimes unconsciously — dedicated men and women who have fought for years to get first-class old folk 's homes . |