Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] for what [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had never been afraid to look straightly at whatever fortune sent her , to map its every feature , and acknowledge it for what it was . |
| 2 | And if you are wise you will never pity the past for what it did not know , but pity yourself for what it did . |
| 3 | Surely it is time we stopped talking of elephants as if they were a commodity to be traded , like so many cans of paint , and accept them for what they are , ancient and splendid fellow inhabitants of the earth who share with us the joys of close kinship bonds and grieve when they are severed . |
| 4 | They might fear you , hate you , and try to exorcise you back into the fifth dimension , but they accept you for what you are . |
| 5 | And they accept us for what we are and we 've got a good erm relationship with the the people w who are left in er the flat complex . |
| 6 | they just accept us for what we are , they know that we 're not gon na upset their lifestyle , we 're not gon na start raiding their place at six in the morning . |
| 7 | They accept us for what we are , and that 's it . |
| 8 | He added : ‘ Now we know them for what they are — the party of devaluation . ’ |
| 9 | What a good thing I know you for what you are . |
| 10 | Occupied by its clichés , its principles , and its strategies , the sick mind of the central colourless figure unwittingly deploys subversive discursive counter-strategies that turn these ‘ conventional weapons ’ back on themselves and expose them for what they are . |
| 11 | Well as that , from my experience , they only pay ya for what your worth , not what , do n't pay ya because your good looking or anything like that |
| 12 | Listen well when he tells us what happened out there to him and respect him for what he has done , and honour him , for at least he has given each of us hope and proof that escape is possible . ’ |
| 13 | I respect him for what he has done in Santa Barbara . |
| 14 | Use it for what it should be used for . |
| 15 | The mercenary ones simply put up with them and pretend that they love them for what they can get out of them . |
| 16 | I 've got to be made to realize that I only love him for what I can get out of it . |
| 17 | Thank you for what you may be able to do . |
| 18 | " Thank you for what you did . " |
| 19 | ‘ Athelstan , ’ he slurred , ‘ I- thank you for what you said there , in the presence of that mean-faced bastard ! |
| 20 | Erm , I would like to close by saying that erm I just thought it would be just a nice idea that I would invite any of you members of the Council and wives who have n't got anything else to do on Christmas morning , if you fancy popping up to my house for a glass of sherry or whatever , just on a casual basis as a little thank you for what you 've done over the erm over the last twelve months , I extend that invitation to you all and District Councillors if they wish to come and I would like to say , on behalf of the Council , that I hope you all have a , this is the last full meeting , and to everybody here I hope you have a very nice happy peaceful Christmas and I hope we all go into the new year with renewed vigour . |
| 21 | Thank you for what you did . ’ |
| 22 | I resent you for engineering it and I resent you for what you think you can do to me in revenge for our affair last year . ’ |
| 23 | " I 'd like to write to the marquis and thank him for what he did for me . |
| 24 | We will work hard and thank everybody for what they have done ’ . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ When I play , some days it 's off , some days it 's on , and I take it for what it is . |
| 26 | i pulled this of rec.sport.soccer ( see last part of mail ) — the post was rather mingled so i have tried to fix it up a little : take it for what it is — a post from memory from a guy somewhere and no mentioning of what year/what cup/ etc. i think the poster has messed up or something — my guess is that the home match is the first mentioned : meaning that G has beaten some respectable teams like PSV , Roma and Frankfurt at home and beating Roma and Frankfurt at aggregate . |
| 27 | Their faces are often distorted into gargoyle shapes that appear hideous to us until we see them for what they are , exquisitely fashioned instruments for beaming ultrasound in desired directions . |
| 28 | And so it considerably curtails the scope for morality , for it leads to such questions as : Why , if it is genetic factors that make people what they are , praise or blame them for what they do ? |
| 29 | They treat you for what you are . |
| 30 | ‘ See her for what she is . |