Example sentences of "what [pers pn] [vb past] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know what I married you for , you 've always been frigid — even when Uncle Joe sent that powdered rhino horn from Saudi Arabia . ’ |
| 2 | That 's what I meant it for . |
| 3 | what I bought it for . |
| 4 | I decided that what I did it for small reasons |
| 5 | I keep a record of the book number that you are given , that 's another record that I 've written down here , and then I keep , within that record , I keep details of your marks all the way across , what I gave you for your erm attainment and effort grades progress checks , your exam marks and so on . |
| 6 | What you bought it for erm |
| 7 | And we had people coming back after they 'd actually done their run out there saying , Do you want any help with I mean that 's what we asked them for |
| 8 | Can you remember what we saved them for ? |
| 9 | Do you know what they used them for ? |
| 10 | That 's what they bought it for ! |
| 11 | I wonder what they did it for ? |
| 12 | he said I 'd have told you , point blank , what he sent it for . |
| 13 | That 's what he bought them for in the first place . ’ |
| 14 | He said he was sure the shop assistants would know what he wanted them for from the way he asked . |
| 15 | Mum asked what he wanted it for and he just said , ‘ I 've got an idea ’ . |
| 16 | It 's worth three times what he gave me for it . ’ |