Example sentences of "for [Wh det] was [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Headhunters were also more likely to offer a dynamic rather than a static solution , Gozzard suggested : they would be looking for what was to happen to the company in the future , not just today , and the role of the successful candidate in effecting change . |
| 2 | And I found that he was universally right — by which I mean that I was answerable in my body and in my heart for what was done to my brother . |
| 3 | In the meantime , it was important to assess and identify the sites for what was hoped to be a series of follow-on stations . |
| 4 | He had just made a pilot for what was hoped to be a series called Beyond Our Ken — although the Ken in the title was not he but one of the most respected performers on radio , Kenneth Horne . |
| 5 | But it was hard to express gratitude for what was bound to be seen as a harsh deprivation — the loss of natural family . |
| 6 | What was happening to my body — not only the changes brought about by puberty , but the fact that the clothes it wore and the food it consumed were chosen for it by someone else — was a metaphor for what was happening to me as a whole person . |
| 7 | This story did the rounds some years ago , when Romanians already had the measure of their leader , but while the West was still honouring President Ceausescu for what was considered to be his independent stand on foreign policy issues . |
| 8 | On the contrary , I was mocked within the family for my ‘ posh ’ accent , and for what was considered to be my general childishness , especially as far as my sense of humour was concerned . |
| 9 | A search for what was thought to be a body has been called off after police found an aircraft cargo net . |