Example sentences of "what i had [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I had mistaken for affectation was nothing but concentration . |
| 2 | Then you walked into my life , and I suddenly realised that what I had felt for Claire may have been sexual attraction , but it was never love . ’ |
| 3 | She must have briefly feared what I had hoped for . |
| 4 | As before , a guard accompanied me to the barracks ; but this time , on the way back , we met two officers : it was exactly what I had hoped for . |
| 5 | However , what I had hoped for did happen ; people came away from the workshop with a desire to see how they could use the experience and the insight they had gained within their own establishments . |
| 6 | He asked me in German what I had come for but I said ; untruthfully , ‘ Nicht verstehen . ’ |