Example sentences of "what [pron] have [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whenever in relation to a loved person , idealized place or personal indulgence I find myself pushing out of mind some disagreeable thought , its relevance ( as distinct from its importance ) is not in doubt ; it is enough that it does spontaneously move me against what I have decided for . |
| 2 | ‘ He is a strain — but it 's not what I have to do for him — it 's the way he is — he 's always been like that . ’ |
| 3 | Well , at that point I will end what I have to say for today , and er , carry on with this next week . |
| 4 | Though they are what is commonly called our enemies , yet , if they make proper use of what I have laboured for , let them enjoy it with the blessing of God . |
| 5 | All I know is what I have known for the past two years : there is no reason at all for the blindness . |
| 6 | What I have to struggle for again and again is instinct with her . |
| 7 | " Well , really , that 's just what I have come for , Super . |
| 8 | Take special care with long quoted passages ( more than a couple of sentences or more than a few lines of a poem ) , as a lengthy quotation which is not then followed by detailed analysis and discussion is probably being used ( illegitimately ) as a way of replacing rather than supporting your argument ; you should guide your readers through the significance of what you have selected for their attention . |
| 9 | On erm what you have asked for Mr . |
| 10 | Oh , my darling Dr Neil , you will never know quite what you have done for me . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'll decide that , when I 've heard what you have to say for yourself . |
| 12 | What we have lived for is the dark |
| 13 | Retrenchment will be the order of the day , with the result that we achieve what we have planned for . |
| 14 | This is less than best but it 's better than nothing , that 's the point and it is very nearly what we have argued for from the very beginning . |
| 15 | Of course , that is what we have to look for , and , of course , there are inevitably going to be occasions when we are compelled to look for it outside the four corners of the language that the draftsman has used . |
| 16 | What we have to look for is ways of realizing they should — in practice . |
| 17 | What we have to hope for is that its control over the language and its position as an arbiter of the quality of that language are maintained . |
| 18 | ‘ I have spent the last six months investigating Free People , and what they have asked for constitutes the first stage of their long-term programme . ’ |
| 19 | Already the estoppel doctrine has little or no relevance to transactions on The Stock Exchange under the TALISMAN system ; The Exchange and the member firms will ensure that the parties get what they have bargained for . |
| 20 | The brave heresies which were uttered then , the great plans we had for Britain , our determination to allow people to keep a fair proportion of what they have worked for and won : must these noble hopes perish so soon ? |
| 21 | The difference lies not in ideology , nor in what they have to offer for exchange , but in their unequal vulnerability to the disapproval of the United States , the IMF and the World Bank . |
| 22 | Since candidates of the same party can not afford to differentiate themselves in political terms what they have to compete for is popularity . |