Example sentences of "what he [verb] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But love was what he felt for the stranger who 'd thrust herself upon him . |
| 2 | Now we 're going to see what he does for the economy , what he does for the underclass , and so on |
| 3 | Now we 're going to see what he does for the economy , what he does for the underclass , and so on |
| 4 | Gabriel sold all his farm tools to pay what he owed for the sheep . |
| 5 | When he spoke to her she could scarcely hear what he said for the thudding of her lovesick heart and the chattering of her teeth . |
| 6 | But she had n't been able to hear what he said for the roaring in her ears . |
| 7 | He 's set up a meeting for tomorrow with his financial boys , and I get the impression he 's very keen , but it 's all down to what he wants for the equity investment and how much I 'm prepared to give him . ’ |
| 8 | And those who worked with him on ecumenical committees knew that this was nothing like so rigid an Anglo-Catholic as sometimes he was portrayed ; and remembered what he did for the Methodists and other non-Anglicans in Durham . |
| 9 | It drew to an end in April 1964 with Mr Mandela 's four-hour speech from the dock , in which he defended the formation of Umkhonto we Sizwe and said he had done what he did for the ideal of a free and democratic society , ‘ an ideal for which I am prepared to die ’ . |