Example sentences of "for [Wh det] [pron] [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had written a particularly tear-jerking script for 1OAB 's ‘ last hour ’ for which we might well have played ‘ Hearts and Flowers ’ as an obbligato . |
| 2 | A whole week in Paris at Easter seemed to her something for which she would willingly have sold her soul . |
| 3 | After one stunned instant , for which she could hardly blame him , he reacted with admirable promptitude . |
| 4 | In a move for which he would later pay , he called for the persecution of Deng Xiaoping , who was banished from office and attacked as second only to Liu as China 's ‘ leading capitalist roader ’ . |
| 5 | The Knack also provided Crawford with the opportunity to do the sort of daredevil stunts for which he would later become famous . |
| 6 | After signing the accord , the Czechoslovak Prime Minister , Marian Calfa said it was a milestone on the way to Czechoslovakia becoming a full EC member , for which he would now press . |
| 7 | Churchill , who at first thought it was the Chancellorship of the Duchy of Lancaster which was the proposition and for which he would happily have settled , accepted the greater post with tears in his eyes and an expression of grateful loyalty . |
| 8 | And he besought his mother that she would love her even as she loved him himself , and that she would do good to her and show her great honour , for which he should ever serve her with the better good will . |
| 9 | Santa Anna lost so much time and so many men in a pyrrhic victory , for which he need never have fought in the first place , that when he finally met the full Texan force under General Sam Houston he was utterly defeated . |
| 10 | Perhaps Locke did not recognise the difference because he used the same word , ‘ idea ’ , both for what we would ordinarily call an idea and for what is imprinted in , or on , the mind , the ‘ sensation ’ . |
| 11 | In general , many of these inquiries were motivated by the need for what we would now regard as manpower planning , especially to do with the defence of the realms concerned . |
| 12 | It was the Parish Council themselves who had to consider things very quickly and go for what they could best endeavour but you c er I ca n't see how that can be used to nullify the general view of the public of South Milford and the other parishes . |
| 13 | The Brodskys in striking contrast go for what I can only describe as an unconventional line-up to match the photo on the cover . |
| 14 | It was also essential that he believed he was being cured , because of the need he would face soon for what I can only call ‘ self-help ’ . |