Example sentences of "[Wh adv] he [verb] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consider this example : PB = Child has tantrum whenever he asks for a sweet ( or something else ) and does not get it . |
| 2 | Lech Walesa became the first Polish President to visit Israel when he arrived for a four-day visit on May 20 . |
| 3 | He was educated at Harrow , from where he went for a few months into his father 's City office , which he hated ; and he spent a term in Göttingen , learning German . |
| 4 | He had made a detour to a cafe where he stayed for an unspecified time before walking to the Post and entering by the back door , discovering the mayhem in the newsroom and retreating to the printer 's office . |
| 5 | Giles was held in high esteem in America and Europe , especially in Berlin , where he worked for a short time . |