Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [pers pn] be [verb] for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know exactly how I 'm paying for it , but I 'm sure I am . ’ |
| 2 | Alexander raised none of the questions which would have to be answered if emancipation were to take place : whether serfs were to be granted land as well as liberty , whether and how they were to pay for them , and how local government was to be conducted if the jurisdiction of serf-owners came to an end . |
| 3 | She thought about them a lot , wondering how it was going for them on their first real day on active service ; the first day , she supposed , of the rest of their lives — of the duration , at least . |
| 4 | Oh yes , it was , is it that , that was why we were looking for them to pick them out ? |
| 5 | But it is also an ideological statement : the housewife 's place is in the home washing and hanging out her own clothes ; not in the launderette where they are processed for her . |
| 6 | ‘ Which is why he was looking for you — although how on earth he expected to persuade you to pay up the difference I do n't know ! ’ |