Example sentences of "for that " in BNC.
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| 31 | For that evening — Yah ! three lousy hours ! — she laid in white wine and gin . |
| 32 | But no less for that ? |
| 33 | Thank you , brain , she thought , thanks for that suave little Jay phrase , guaranteed to raise a giggle , calm things down . |
| 34 | They will put them in the gaol for that ! ’ |
| 35 | ‘ And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel , At even , then ye shall know that the Lord hath brought you out from the land of Egypt : And in the morning , then ye shall see the glory of the Lord ; for that he heareth your murmurings against the Lord : and what are we , that ye murmur against us ? |
| 36 | And Moses said , This shall be , when the Lord shall give you in the evening flesh to eat , and in the morning bread to the full ; for that the Lord heareth your murmurings , which ye murmur against him : and what are we ? your murmurings are not against us , but against the Lord . ’ |
| 37 | He must have needed money badly for that … |
| 38 | He was asked to stand for parliament , but declined , having no particular relish for party-politics ; he was too large-hearted a man for that . |
| 39 | In this poem we see their shared Jewishness , and the ‘ irreverence ’ ( as some would see it ) they each had for the Tradition — at least for that view of it which some espoused ; we also see a shared disdain for rabbinic ( and priestly ) logic , to them both a form of mental death . |
| 40 | The excess to which some have pointed may well disclose the absence of something crucial , but for that we must defer judgment . |
| 41 | We 've the President to thank for that . |
| 42 | We 'll have to pay for that . |
| 43 | Why did I bother to tell her , only to have her shout at me , accuse me of being crazy to wake her up for that and tell me to keep my nose out of her brother 's business , especially since it was nothing to do with me . |
| 44 | This was a foreign land , peopled not only by my superiors , for that applied to everyone I 'd ever known , from the hole in Mother woman through which I was expelled to the hole in the Mother earth by which I 'd be swallowed ; but by those who were superior to my early superiors ; probably the most superior peoples in the entire world . |
| 45 | We do n't make excuses for her , she 's too tough for that , anyway if Seles watched Steffi a bit more she might just be able to learn how to lob a ball and hold a racket properly . |
| 46 | Hit four or five balls , waiting for that short ball . |
| 47 | The MAC750 is a smaller unit than the 650 I tested , and is recommended for that more delicate carving . |
| 48 | Nobody in the workshop has a good to say for that machine . |
| 49 | There is no need for that . |
| 50 | The circular states that income to cover a certain period should be ignored as capital for that period . |
| 51 | Modular catering cars retained an orthodox grill for that perennial favourite , the Great British Breakfast , which in 1987 accounted for 630,000 out of the total of 1.1 million main meals served . |
| 52 | ‘ I was not prepared to use my own savings to pay for that , ’ John said . |
| 53 | Perhaps it was a tiredness resulting from the previous 14 pitches , but I could see no way of free climbing it at less than E5 , and I was n't good enough for that , not now . |
| 54 | The highest of these peaks , Wagagai ( 14,177ft/4321m ) , is in Ugandan territory and officially out of bounds , but our map showed the international boundary passing through the summit of the second highest peak ( just 20 metres lower than Wagagai ) , called Lower Elgon , so we decided to stay legal and aim for that instead . |
| 55 | For that very denial had , in fact , given me far more . |
| 56 | This is not a plea for historical recorders to get their act together and check facts first-hand — I think the forces of establishment and vested interest are too strong for that to work , and anyway it would n't solve all the problems . |
| 57 | To prevent the spread of infection ( and because we live in a throw-away society ) disposable needles are often used , although if your dog requires prolonged treatment your vet may keep a ‘ permanent ’ set especially for that purpose . |
| 58 | Nor for that matter on crime . |
| 59 | What the Sonya of the novel has to do with Christ and resurrection and creative suffering remains fleeting and indirect , though no less wonderful for that . |
| 60 | Taxed with this incident as his reason for contriving Shatov 's murder , Verkhovensky replies : ‘ For that reason , and for something else , too . |