Example sentences of "what he [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the promisor gets what he asks for in return for his promise , he has received sufficient consideration and is bound . |
| 2 | A bottle of what he took for whisky and four of beer . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | This is even true , contra Kolve , of what he says for most of his prologue . |
| 6 | and John one in verse twelve it says but as many have received him , to them he gave the right , the authority , the , the power , to become children of God , even to those who believe on his name and this of course is what making our commitment to Christ is , it 's receiving him for ourselves , it 's plugging in , it 's saying yes I have n't got that power myself , I am not able to do it I need you to come and do it for me , I accept that you have that power , you have that authority , you have dealt with my sin and I receive it for me , we trust Christ to save us from sin and commit ourselves to his kingly ruling our lives , we are as the bible says then , born again , new creations , we are made alive in Christ , I give you one verse in Colossians and in chapter three , verse four it says when Christ who is our life is revelled , then you also no sorry verse , verse three , verse three , sorry for you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God but you say that 's all very well that , that brings me into the place of becoming a follower of Jesus yes I 've accepted him , but what about all this pressures here , Christ I , I 'm willing to receive them and to make the centre of my life , I 've received that he died for me , but what about all those things that 's twisting and marring and distorting my life , that 's rubbing me , my life can be more , God wants it to be , well that 's the great thing when Jesus comes , he does n't just come and sit down and that 's all there is to it , but he comes in by the holy spirit and as Christ is the centre of our life so he , as we submit to him and to his authority as we become obedient to his word , doing what he tells us , what he says for us , then the power of his spirit in our life starts operating , God the holy spirit , cos that 's how we become Christians , we are born again of God spirit and God Christ was in us , not the man who walked here on Galilee , he is a man in glory , but he comes into your life and into my life by the holy spirit and he gives us new spiritual resources which help us to overcome those influences of evil that are pressing in on us and trying to , to , to , to distort our lives and depress it into its mould , those things that have spoiled our lives , he gives us spiritual power and spiritual resources over them . |
| 7 | And that was what he got for testing her , Guy told himself disgustedly . |
| 8 | You give me anyone 's phone line and mail for a month and I 'll tell you exactly who he is , how old he is , his likes and dislikes , his character , his worries , what he had for breakfast and supper , what time he wakes up . |
| 9 | They know what he had for breakfast ’ . |
| 10 | But about himself he practically told me what he had for breakfast . |
| 11 | You know what he had for nix ? |
| 12 | It said something about what he felt for her . |
| 13 | He did n't know whether what he felt for her was love , affection or pity , or a mixture of all three . |
| 14 | But love was what he felt for the stranger who 'd thrust herself upon him . |
| 15 | Although , she reasoned realistically , if he had been fooling around behind her back it indicated that what he felt for her fell very far short of love , in which case he would probably have cancelled the wedding if she had n't . |
| 16 | Dr Neil was not in any way surprised at McAllister 's reaction to his lovemaking ; he expected such modesty from a well brought up young girl , and her arms around his neck , her timid responses , fluttering though they were , told him that she felt for him what he felt for her , and further inflamed his own passion , while warning him to go gently . |
| 17 | Useless at the moment to try to touch her , to convince her that what he felt for her was love and a pity so enormous that it was almost unmanning him . |
| 18 | What he felt for Petula must be real love , that transcended the sexual titillation he felt for her . |
| 19 | Nothing at all because that was what he felt for her . |
| 20 | Thompson has never done what he does for anybody but himself . |
| 21 | And how old he is , what he does for a living , how much he 's got in the bank — and probably whether he 's twice divorced with a string of children tucked away somewhere . ’ |
| 22 | " Know what he does for a living ? " |
| 23 | You do n't even know what he does for a living properly ! ’ |
| 24 | Now we 're going to see what he does for the economy , what he does for the underclass , and so on |
| 25 | Now we 're going to see what he does for the economy , what he does for the underclass , and so on |
| 26 | Gabriel sold all his farm tools to pay what he owed for the sheep . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | She was afraid he would ask her about herself and to forestall this she asked him to tell her about his training and what he hoped for in the future . |
| 29 | Or rather , since he indubitably wanted a relationship with Alexandra , perhaps what he hoped for was to dictate the terms , rather than have them dictated to him . |
| 30 | Eliot said he was not entirely sure what he hoped for , but Shildon would explain the rest . |