Example sentences of "[Wh det] [pers pn] [vb base] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We can make fear choices , which lead us to cling to the past — ‘ I hate my job , but I wo n't find anything better , so I 'd better stick to it ’ , ‘ I always eat hamburger and chips on Thursdays ’ , ‘ I 'd like to know Chris better , but I 'm sure s/he wo n't be interested in me ’ — or growth choices , in which we reach for the future — ‘ I hate my job , so I 'll start applying for others , even though it feels scary ’ , ‘ Maybe I 'll try spaghetti bolognese tonight ’ , ‘ What have I got to lose ? |
| 2 | We brought books to Brownies which we read for an hour and we were not allowed to say a word . |
| 3 | I think the erm the best way is to improve productivity by taking in more and different students and multiplying the services which we provide for the community . |
| 4 | The claims which they make for the consequences of literacy belong to the same tradition . |
| 5 | Therefore the connection between these and the work of revelation and restoration in Jesus Christ must be explored , the ‘ point of contact ’ which they offer for the advent of divine grace must be found . |
| 6 | As the later authors have adjusted the dating of the Muftilik of Molla Arab in order to make room for that of Abdulkerim , so they have stretched the facts considerably in extending the Muftilik of Molla Husrev to cover the whole vexed period from the date which they give for the death of Fahreddin Acemi , namely 865/1460–1 , to that which they give for the accession of Molla Gurani ( 885/1480 ; but cf. below , pp. 144 et sqq. , especially p. 150 ) . |
| 7 | As the later authors have adjusted the dating of the Muftilik of Molla Arab in order to make room for that of Abdulkerim , so they have stretched the facts considerably in extending the Muftilik of Molla Husrev to cover the whole vexed period from the date which they give for the death of Fahreddin Acemi , namely 865/1460–1 , to that which they give for the accession of Molla Gurani ( 885/1480 ; but cf. below , pp. 144 et sqq. , especially p. 150 ) . |
| 8 | which they buy for the pictures with the Daily Star |
| 9 | I 'll do what I want for a change ! |
| 10 | This is what I do for a living and this is what I enjoy doing . |
| 11 | ‘ Have you any idea what I do for a living , Christine ? ’ |
| 12 | Ian , a 32-year-old salesman , says : ‘ I made a conscious decision to drink low-alcohol lager because entertaining , and therefore drinking , is what I do for a living . |
| 13 | It 's what I do for a living . |
| 14 | Just take a small bag with what you need for the night and a warm pullover and leave the key to your door with your next-door neighbours . ’ |
| 15 | They all know what you do for a living . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Look , Clive , I do n't like what you do for a living , I do n't like the way you treat girls at parties , I do n't like your taste in shirts and I do n't like the way you look . |
| 17 | Like if you are married , and what you do for a living apart from this . |
| 18 | ‘ I was just wondering what you do for a living . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I wonder what you do for a living ? ’ he asked thoughtfully . |
| 20 | Social worth in our society is related to the workplace : you are valued by what you do for a job , not what or who you are as a person . |
| 21 | is that er you can go in and you can sit and you can talk to them about what you want for a holiday |
| 22 | If that 's what you want for the museum . |
| 23 | A popular shift for returning district nurses is the twilight shift — assisting patients into or out of bed — although this may not be what you want for the rest of your life . |
| 24 | ‘ It appears that you are willing to sacrifice what you want for the good of others , ’ he said softly . |
| 25 | Is this wha what you want for the future ? |
| 26 | Now , I 'm a pensioner , and I think it 's a scandal what we get for a pension after all the years that you , you fight for you , you put away for your old age , and before you know it you 've nothing ! |
| 27 | Erm what we get for the money , and erm where there are possibilities for us to consider reducing that overhead . |
| 28 | Now we have in the room here a tremendous amount of experience , of people who 've been in the industry , people who 've worked with this company for many , many years , and we 've also got people with us who have not been with us very long , and I 'd you to know we may have covered certain aspects of this on sales skills courses just to talk through what the point of the exercise is , I E what we do for a living . |
| 29 | Generally what we do for the engineers that come in [ is ] , we put them up with a senior guy , to go on the system , and bring them up that way … . |
| 30 | I think we need to say , okay , in the future , what are we , the town , gon na do , to make this building right for what we want for the town . |