Example sentences of "to accept [pron] for what [pron] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 ‘ 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 .
4 It would do me no harm to accept it for what it is : an idiosyncrasy of chub , and stop trying to find out why .
5 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 .
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