Example sentences of "for what [pers pn] [vb past] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the following weeks , Portadown loyalists harassed the police in retaliation for what they claimed was police persecution . |
| 2 | She had stayed in the cellar for what she thought was about three days and then realised that she had n't felt the vibration of gunfire for some time , perhaps a day and a night . |
| 3 | Edith arrived one evening at a local hotel for what she thought was just a companiable dinner party amongst friends in very pleasant surroundings . |
| 4 | The thought made her smile to herself , for what she recognized were basically snobbish reasons . |
| 5 | Defiantly she answered , ‘ I 'm not a cow , Brian , ’ yet hated herself for what she supposed was perfidy in his eyes . |
| 6 | Mr Steven Hadley , defending , said Williams 's wife , Andrea , 30 , died of cancer and he went to the medical centre in Pinner armed with a knife intending to make his wife 's GP , Dr Patricia Carson , apologise for what he felt was a wrong diagnosis . |
| 7 | He knew Schiller 's history , knew his greed for what he felt was rightfully his , knew of his birthright hatred of the Jews . |
| 8 | Now , as the thought came into his mind he spoke it aloud , and had he spoken like this to anyone else it would have been taken as an insult , for what he said was , ‘ It 's a pity you have n't had education , Mick . ’ |
| 9 | There were conflicting accounts of clashes between Issa and Oromo groups in Djibouti and Ethiopia on July 9-15 ; the UN High Commissioner for Refugees ' representative in Djibouti apologized to the government for what he said was an incorrect report from the UNHCR that as many as 250 people had been killed . |
| 10 | A SHERIFF yesterday reported a solicitor to the Law Society of Scotland for what he said was the worst courtroom behaviour he had seen in 40 years . |
| 11 | Heading for what he thought was the way they had come , he was immediately confused . |
| 12 | Her mind was too busy seeing the man who had wearily let her go , not wilfully , as she had always imagined , but finally , for what he thought was her own good . |
| 13 | The chaplain , keen to make amends for what he perceived was an intrusion , took the flustered course of staying on and saying more . |
| 14 | He rested on the water waiting for what he knew was going to happen . |
| 15 | I walked round the camp for what I thought was half an hour , imagining myself hiding in woods , boarding goods trains , stealing food , doing anything except clamber over the wire . |
| 16 | I began to cycle through the water and headed for what I thought was the bridge . |
| 17 | The first bit of ‘ fighting ’ was after Wallace was brought down in the area for what I thought was a definate penalty . |
| 18 | Can I close by thanking Rod our Chief Racing Coach for what I thought was a very excellent presentation of the R Y A Ye Year of Youth Sailing and I have great pleasure in launching that initiative for ts er this year 's Earls Court Boat Show again it seems horribly self evident that it 's only through increasing the involvement of the young that we assure thriving clubs and associations and classes for the future but nobody up here is going to say that it 's easy and I believe though that the work that the official , the officers and the R Y A put together will make it easier than it once was and I hope that the literature that they have put together and the programme that they have put together will be a help to all of you so please make use of it . |
| 19 | I was n't going for his agreement or anyone else 's agreement — I was going for what I felt was right at the time , and as he 'd set me up as this person in his life , I advised him not to do it . |
| 20 | ‘ For what I did was on the King 's instructions . ’ |