Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [Wh det] be for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other recalls what was for a long time Britain 's worst air disaster . |
| 2 | ‘ Its distinctive feature is the outer wall facing what was for some time the running lines of the railway , though these tracks are now wholly within the works area , the main lines passing on the other side of the canal . |
| 3 | ‘ It 'll be the press gang for thee if we do n't run off , and God knows what 's for me without thee . ’ |
| 4 | Several months into my secondary education , this working provided what was for me the greatest locospotting thrill of the decade . |
| 5 | Colin Patterson on the other hand writes what is for me the most scholarly paper in the volume , pointing out that , from the transformed cladist point of view , the much discussed and abused term ‘ homology ’ actually refers to those characters that define natural groups of organisms and need have no evolutionary connotations . |
| 6 | She did everything loudly : loud sneeze , loud blowing of the nose , loud banging of doors when she was in a temper ; she would march ( she always marched ) into the kitchen , clattering all the saucepan lids to see what was for supper , saying ‘ brrr ’ and turning up the heater , turning on the telly , tapping her foot to the music . |