Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] for the [noun] [Wh adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I lived only for the day when I would come into my own . |
| 2 | We 'll plot and plan together for the day when it 's opportune to strike ! ’ |
| 3 | Robbie and the dog had just returned from their stroll and she was about to lock up and go below for the night when a sound from the towpath caught her attention . |
| 4 | I fret often for the days when I lived and worked in the countryside , but one sad sight used to be that of herds of demented idiots vandalising the scenery and terrorising nature in their delirious lust for an innocent animal 's life . |
| 5 | Ever since then the custom has been kept up and the two halves clasped together for the marriages where it is applicable . ’ |
| 6 | Each area is reviewed separately for the period when the adults were children , life today and how that same area of life will be when the children of the village become adults . |
| 7 | There was little chance of his being hit , but he slipped deliberately , pitching forward , striking the ground with his shoulder and rolling fast for the ravine where he 'd hidden the first gun . |
| 8 | When you come to retirement age , whilst not suggesting that you are past it , you are planning ahead for the time where you may not be quite as capable as were . |