Example sentences of "for what [verb] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she was none the wiser for what came out of the speakers : a soft sea of hiss , a hint of ultrasonics , and a persistent , repetitive creaking noise . |
| 2 | But it is certainly possible to argue for a systemic answer in which nations or cultures or , to use a phrase from Wittgenstein , ‘ forms of life ’ , account for what goes on within them . |
| 3 | There is some professional resistance , in the sense that people who 've done a lot of work on programming get used to certain sorts of languages , and if you make proposals about teaching some new way of dealing with computers , they throw up their hands in horror , and object that this is going to be inefficient , or it 's not going to prepare people adequately for what goes on in industry , or whatever . |
| 4 | For what remains throughout of central interest and importance are the ontological claims expressed in such propositions , and to say that such propositions communicate certain characteristics of relevant concepts does little to explain the meaning of such claims . |
| 5 | But Ruddock enjoyed his own share of good fortune later , escaping punishment for what looked suspiciously like an elbow in the face that flattened Ndlovu . |
| 6 | They were welcomed by teacher Mark O'Callaghan and pupils David Lloyd , Claire Linney , Sarah Curry and Jay Kaminski for what turned out to be an even contest with everything depending on the final question . |
| 7 | Wildcat then gave me a commission for what turned out to be Same Difference the following year . |
| 8 | Not only did the king have a spare hour for what turned out to be an excellent interview in the palace gardens , but on learning that there was now no plane to take us home until Monday , laid on two helicopters to take us all on a Sunday outing to Petra ( the ‘ rose red city half as old as time ’ ) , then on to Aqaba on the Red Sea for lunch and a swim , and home across the desert and the black tents of the Bedouins in the evening . |
| 9 | The Times and Sunday Times closed down in dispute , for what turned out to be a whole year . |
| 10 | When I was in Bremen not long ago for what turned out to be a Fluxus family meeting , I felt great affection from and for old friends like Daniel Spoerri and Emmett Williams , but also the younger artists associated with the exhibition were warm and welcoming . |
| 11 | They trekked into the mountainous countryside in Southern Arabia for what turned out to be a memorable day . |
| 12 | In spite of his skill the Gloucestershire player was replaced by the all rounder Alec Stewart , for what turned out to be a disastrous tour of India and this summer 's Ashes series against Australia . |
| 13 | The day before his TV appearance around Peter Sissons ' round table , Lilley was in the North-East for what turned out to be a dress rehearsal of his election strategy . |
| 14 | ‘ One of the first rules an executive in your salary grade has to accept , ’ he sliced her off , ‘ is that when the flak starts flying you take responsibility for what comes out of your office whether your signature 's on the work or not ! ’ |
| 15 | The more that fall into this category , the better local government is prepared for what lies ahead in the Europe of the 1990s . |
| 16 | It does not take much for that dress to be torn off and for what lies beneath to be revealed . ’ |