Example sentences of "what [pers pn] [verb] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were no school sports and no athletics , just football , and that is what I played for the rest of the time I was there . |
| 2 | Occasionally he translated what I said for the benefit of the other two . |
| 3 | I wonder what she wore for the theatre date with David ? |
| 4 | made a Lady , or made I mean she was given that title , or actually I 'm dead against the fact it was her husband who was given the title , erm but to abstract away from that at the moment , somebody who 's been in public service all their lives and who 's devoted much of their life to the cause of the people , I mean I realize that an awful lot of people would think that Margaret Thatcher has n't done that , but let's say that , for the sake of the argument , that at least that 's what she intended for the time being |
| 5 | But us there was there was mainly was also er living was er the eggs paid for what you bought for the shop . |
| 6 | Just take a small bag with what you need for the night and a warm pullover and leave the key to your door with your next-door neighbours . ’ |
| 7 | If that 's what you want for the museum . |
| 8 | A popular shift for returning district nurses is the twilight shift — assisting patients into or out of bed — although this may not be what you want for the rest of your life . |
| 9 | ‘ It appears that you are willing to sacrifice what you want for the good of others , ’ he said softly . |
| 10 | Is this wha what you want for the future ? |
| 11 | Then turning to them , she exclaimed , ‘ You never told me what you wanted for the hats ? ’ |
| 12 | Erm what we get for the money , and erm where there are possibilities for us to consider reducing that overhead . |
| 13 | Generally what we do for the engineers that come in [ is ] , we put them up with a senior guy , to go on the system , and bring them up that way … . |
| 14 | Oh I know what we used for the board . |
| 15 | I think we need to say , okay , in the future , what are we , the town , gon na do , to make this building right for what we want for the town . |
| 16 | what we having what we what we having for the tea . |
| 17 | But I I I think you should say a clear and simple statement of what our what we need for the company or person approached is |
| 18 | ‘ Single 50p coins and £1 coins in the collection plate are not going to get us anywhere near what we need for the life of today 's Church . ’ |
| 19 | eh what she needs is what we need for the summer weather Connie , my brother is |
| 20 | What they remove for the Aswan Dam |
| 21 | We now consider what they imply for the analysis of tacit collusion . |
| 22 | In small group discussions , happily married men with children clearly saw fidelity as part of their lives ; although not immune to other women 's charms , they were not prepared to jeopardize what they had for the sake of a night of passion . |
| 23 | What they doing for the people of Lincolnshire . |
| 24 | ‘ But before Derry can be made a major European city it 's important that the people of that place are proud of themselves and their city and know what they want for the city . ’ |
| 25 | Yes well I think I told him a wrong , you see , there were two there there are two ways of tackling it and I do n't think the way I told him is what they want for the examination purposes , at all ! |
| 26 | ‘ Now the way is open to St Bede 's and St Augustine 's parents to get what they need for the good of their children . |
| 27 | If so , a conflict may well arise between the work of the consultants in their capacity as testers of design for the private operators and what they do for the HSE to determine whether the safety case is well established . |
| 28 | But love was what he felt for the stranger who 'd thrust herself upon him . |
| 29 | Now we 're going to see what he does for the economy , what he does for the underclass , and so on |
| 30 | Now we 're going to see what he does for the economy , what he does for the underclass , and so on |