Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] for what [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But concentrating on the true politics of smoking will help us to see them for what they are : romantic illusions . |
| 2 | It would be better to admit that these murderous wishes and impulses exist than to deny them , and feel guilt-laden as a result of not allowing ourselves to see them for what they are . |
| 3 | It can not deal with the problems that do exist , because it fails to see them for what they are . |
| 4 | I feel deeply sorry for both Boo and Imamu because they both have to prove themselves before people actually begin to see them for what they really are which are two very kind and loving people . |
| 5 | The only way to handle excuses is to treat them for what they are and get on with the business of collecting your money . |
| 6 | My peers are more tolerant , more willing to accept me for what I am rather than for what I might produce or become in the hierarchy . |
| 7 | I realized I just had to accept him for what he was , and when I learnt to do that , he did the same to me - accepted me without question , in all my imperfection , in all that made me unworthy of him . |
| 8 | ‘ Charm , ’ had said the tolerant , smiling on the young Fergus , prepared to accept him for what he was , but , ‘ Arrogant , ’ said the older , more cynical courtiers . |
| 9 | Mr MacDuff agreed that the jury should award fair damages to compensate her for what she had gone through . |
| 10 | It would do me no harm to accept it for what it is : an idiosyncrasy of chub , and stop trying to find out why . |
| 11 | But they did learn to be less worried about it , and to accept themselves for what they were , with their mutual hang-ups , weaknesses and strengths . |
| 12 | ‘ Kress , I just wanted to thank you for what you did to-night . |
| 13 | " I also wanted to thank you for what you did this afternoon , " she said quietly . |
| 14 | They had all made that shrill moan during their funny parties , and by the time of Gary 's birth , Mary had come to recognise them for what they were — satanic incantations . |
| 15 | For being the only male in my family to recognise you for what you are ? ’ |
| 16 | We have to recognise it for what it is ; to see it as a way of generating understanding and knowledge , yielding ideas and theories which are accepted for as long as they help our understanding of evidence , but which are constantly superseded and changed when new evidence is obtained which conflicts with them . |
| 17 | We have to recognise it for what it is ; to see it as a way of generating understanding and knowledge , yielding ideas and theories which are accepted for as long as they help our understanding of evidence , but which are constantly superseded and changed when new evidence is obtained which conflicts with them . |
| 18 | He had time only to recognise it for what it was — a signal flare gun — before it belched a tongue of green flame at him . |
| 19 | Experience in Northern Ireland enabled him to recognise it for what it was . |
| 20 | Although the butler had never said or intimated anything untoward , Michael had grown up with prejudice long enough to recognize it for what it was . |
| 21 | Halfway through the journal he had jumped to his feet — he was ready to rush out of the room , to find Havvie Blaine , to kill him for what he had done to her , and for lying about it afterwards . |
| 22 | ‘ On behalf of all the players , I 'd like to thank him for what he 's done , ’ said Heatherston . |
| 23 | For , through that form of criticism , students can be freed from dependence on their own discipline , being able to see it for what it is , warts and all . |
| 24 | You 're resilient and intelligent enough to be able to see it for what it was . |
| 25 | The smile he gave her was familiar , full of charm , and yet she was now able to see it for what it was ; totally false and lacking in warmth . |
| 26 | " If my father decides to beat me for what I did , " he whispered fiercely to himself , " please help me to endure the pain and not to cry . |
| 27 | Now that he had told her everything , he expected her to condemn him for what he had done , but she said nothing . |
| 28 | She ought to hate him for what he threatened to do , yet inside she felt a treacherous excitement at the fact that he wanted to keep her close . |
| 29 | You begin to hate yourself for what you 're doing . |