Example sentences of "[verb] what he [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though their heads were held down forcibly , the two men looked up at Rosten , anxious to know what he intended for them . |
| 2 | You do n't even know what he does for a living properly ! ’ |
| 3 | Ask a dozen American curators about Earl A. Powell III , the new Director of the National Gallery , Washington , and you get more or less the same general response : ‘ If you were having lunch with Rusty ( his nickname that everyone uses ) and did n't know what he did for a living , you would think he was either an Assistant Secretary of the Navy , a General Manager of General Motors , or a football coach . |
| 4 | Thompson has never done what he does for anybody but himself . |
| 5 | 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 ’ . |
| 6 | But she had n't been able to hear what he said for the roaring in her ears . |
| 7 | He sat gazing into space , his unblinking stare which had compelled Harold Macmillan to shift him in Cabinet so as to avoid what he took for continual rebuke , unbroken by the throng that pressed about him . |
| 8 | If the promisor gets what he asks for in return for his promise , he has received sufficient consideration and is bound . |
| 9 | They know what he had for breakfast ’ . |
| 10 | You know what he had for nix ? |
| 11 | " Know what he does for a living ? " |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | His behaviour must match what he says for us to say he has mastered the correct us of the terms he uses , but he does not have to observe his behaviour to be able to say , ‘ I like Auntie Kate . ’ |
| 14 | Asked what he hoped for Soviet art and culture after long years of political oppression , he said there would be an enormous spiritual benefit , not least because of easier travel and contacts with the rest of the world . |
| 15 | When asked what he wanted for his birthday , he said a visit to the lock factory . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Gabriel sold all his farm tools to pay what he owed for the sheep . |
| 18 | Now we 're going to see what he does for the economy , what he does for the underclass , and so on |
| 19 | " That a snooper got what he asked for . |