Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] for [Wh det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I may tell lies all my life if it 's expedient but I must know them for what they are and I must never tell them to myself . |
| 2 | If you are paying a little more for the food you should enjoy it for what it is — avoid recipes which suggest such things as stuffing breasts of chicken with Parma ham mousse , then wrapping them in smoked salmon and poaching in wine before serving with a cream sauce . |
| 3 | I think , I think we should see it for what it is , which is a power struggle inside a ruling elite in the Soviet Union for which we do n't really have an interest in taking sides . |
| 4 | It was also understandable that he should hate her for what he thought she was doing , or , rather , helping Garry do . |
| 5 | I think he should appreciate you for what you are — an attractive young woman of today . ’ |
| 6 | I swear before God that I 'll expose you for what you are : a four times murderess . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I think we 'll send you for what you British might call a long stretch … . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ If they did you 'd hate her for what she did to Grandfather . ’ |
| 9 | Eadmer noticed Anselm 's habit of trusting men long after others had seen their deceptions : but then at last he would recognize them for what they were . |
| 10 | They 'd be on cup three or four amid the toast fragments , still relaxed but just beginning to wake up to the day 's promise , when Mrs Goreng and myself would join them for what was left of the luke-warm coffee . |
| 11 | She ought to hate him for what he threatened to do , yet inside she felt a treacherous excitement at the fact that he wanted to keep her close . |
| 12 | They have enough inner strength not to feel threatened by the demand for child-like dependency implicit in tears ; they will recognize it for what it is , a temporary rather than a permanent threat to their autonomy . |
| 13 | When you have lined up your data in this way a glance will tell you for which sounds you have enough words to make check lists . |
| 14 | NOTHING THAT Ministry have ever recorded can prepare you for what the band are like live . |
| 15 | As a result , we now have a very detailed picture of the lifestyle of the cuckoo and can recognise it for what it is : not a case of divine creation , but a superb example of the complex adaptations that occur in the intricate interrelationship . |
| 16 | We want to change the whole concept of how dance music is appreciated , so that people can see it for what it is . |
| 17 | If we can recognize it for what it is , then we are well on the road to dealing with it , and being able to put it behind us . |
| 18 | Well then you can have it for whatever it was for . |