Example sentences of "who [vb -s] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | No one who thinks for a moment will suppose that that is a path in which there are no hills to climb . |
| 2 | By a painter who befriends him , and who sleeps for a while with his mother , Jaromil , already self-perceived as exceptional , original , is introduced to modern art , which ‘ had not yet become the shopworn property of the bourgeois masses and retained the fascinating aura of a sect , a magical exclusivity fascinating to childhood — an age always daydreaming about the romanticism of secret societies , fraternities and tribes ’ . |
| 3 | A TOTALLY PSYCHEDELIC GUY , aged 16 , who lives for a good time is out to see if there are any zany females into Pink Floyd , Cult and The Who . |
| 4 | She has two sons , both married with families , who live at some distance , and an older sister living in Brighton who cares for a disabled husband . |
| 5 | There is no equivalent to the invalid care allowance which is given to the person who cares for an elderly person . |
| 6 | The architect who advertises for a pupil ( 'talent no consideration' but a premium of £100 required ) might be Dickens 's fictitious Mr Pecksniff , who has never himself designed or built anything real , and trains his pupils on similar lines , ‘ constructing in the air a vast quantity of Castles , Houses of Parliament , and other Public Buildings ’ , a divorce between the idea and the actuality noted by Joe Gargery in the expressive phrase , ‘ drawd too architectooralooral ’ . |
| 7 | If each member of the legislature who votes for a checkerboard compromise does so not because he himself has no principles but because he wants to give the maximum possible effect to the principles he thinks right , then how has anyone behaved irresponsibly ? |
| 8 | But that is n't good enough for Mr Mitchell , who calls for a new regulatory regime . |
| 9 | Some may choose to neglect their health or to trade it for the freedom to do other things , as does the business executive who opts for a stressful way of life in pursuit of material success . |
| 10 | The ideal filters for the beginner who aims for a simple tropical community are undergravels , an internal to suit the size of your tank , or indeed both . |
| 11 | This uncertainty about the proper role of litigation by private citizens is also reflected in the requirement that a litigant who applies for a prerogative order must first seek the leave of the court to do so . |
| 12 | an afternoon caller who leaves the garden gate open or a tramp who asks for a can of water and leaves the tap on . |
| 13 | Lilia , played by Helen Mirren , is a middle-aged widow who falls for a handsome young man form Tuscany . |
| 14 | HUSBANDS AND WIVES : Woody Allen 's vivid tale about a middle-aged lecturer who falls for a student . |
| 15 | HUSBANDS AND WIVES : Woody Allen 's tale about a middle-aged lecturer who falls for a young student . |
| 16 | HUSBANDS AND WIVES : Woody Allen 's vivid tale about a lecturer who falls for a student . |
| 17 | Alarm bells rang with Liz when she heard it tells the story of an ageing , boozy Hollywood star who falls for a young construction worker she meets in a clinic . |
| 18 | 7 ( 11 ) HUSBANDS AND WIVES : Woody Allen 's vividly-drawn tale about a middle-aged lecturer who falls for a young student . |
| 19 | 10 ( 7 ) HUSBANDS AND WIVES : Woody Allen 's vividly drawn tale about a middle-aged lecturer who falls for a young student . |
| 20 | Bugsy ( 18 ) tells the story of star-struck gangster Bugsy Siegal , ( Warren Beatty ) , who falls for a Hollywood starlet ( Annette Bening ) and dreams of creating a magnificent hotel in the Nevada desert . |
| 21 | Bugsy ( 18 ) tells the story of star-struck gangster Bugsy Siegal , played by Warren Beatty , who falls for a Hollywood starlet and dreams of creating a magnificent new hotel in the middle of the Nevada desert . |
| 22 | Hello-Goodbye featured Crawford as a playboy adventurer , with a penchant for vintage cars , who falls for a baron 's nymphomaniac wife , played by Gilles . |
| 23 | LAST OF THE MOHICANS : Rip-roaring yarn with Daniel Day Lewis as the adopted Indian who falls for an English rose . |
| 24 | Popular elections for the executive President , who serves for a maximum of two consecutive five-year terms , were held for the first time in December 1990 . |
| 25 | For much of the time , he is the achiever who tries for a reasonable percentage return . |
| 26 | The woman 's hands , he says , are those of someone who works for a living — not those of a lady like Kee . |
| 27 | Mary , who works for a publishing firm , said last night : ‘ People are speechless when I tell them where they 're calling . |
| 28 | It 's fine if all year round you carry the bag of a genuine superstar , who might win £500,000 ; but a caddie who works for a golfer who is outside the top twenty in the Order of Merit will not exactly be reaching for the champagne every night . |
| 29 | ‘ I have an old friend who works for a publisher in New York and I stayed with her for a couple of weeks while I found a job . |
| 30 | We eventually learn that Someone is a psychiatrist called Larry who works for a group of astrophysicists at a scientific research laboratory . |