Example sentences of "[pron] for what [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later , two men took me into a corner and fired questions at me for what seemed like ages , but can only have been about half an hour . |
| 2 | She talked to me for what seemed a very long time . |
| 3 | ‘ She blamed Freddie and me for what went wrong but within two weeks she 'd died herself ; she had never recovered from the birth . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I pray you forgive me for what happened yesterday . |
| 5 | I know that you 've never forgiven me for what happened , and I do n't blame you , darling . |
| 6 | ‘ Of course , ’ she said , ‘ I know you still blame me for what happened at Angmering . ’ |
| 7 | Touche Ross , the best young talent in Scotland at the moment , will start favourites , but with the league championship basically now a dream as far as Grange are concerned , this clash will undoubtedly lift them for what promises to be their most important game of the season . |
| 8 | I got back to work , by which I mean that I got my papers and notes out , and then sat looking at them for what seemed like a dreary lifetime , and was really probably only twenty minutes . |
| 9 | The Americans must have felt as if he was taking revenge on them for what had happened , but they had the final laugh since most of Rank 's films were n't very good . |
| 10 | The rest of us were left to reproach ourselves for what had happened . |
| 11 | St Ives blamed himself for what had happened . |
| 12 | You know damn well I 've never blamed you for what happened that night ; it was one of those risks we had to take . |
| 13 | I 'm not blaming you for what happened , but — ’ |
| 14 | Selfishness had made her want to have the fiddle , and she would never forgive herself for what had happened . |
| 15 | Mummy blames herself for what happened . |
| 16 | He says sex education at school is useless and has n't prepared him for what to expect . |
| 17 | ‘ I mean — Mary has forgiven him for what happened . |
| 18 | Her mother blamed her for what had happened , and the threatened break-up of the family . |
| 19 | How dared he try to blame her for what had happened ? |
| 20 | He looked at her for what felt a long time , seemed about to say something more , but in the end let the moment pass . |
| 21 | It pleasured her for what seemed an age , until the uniformity of the thrusting in and out of her steaming fanny stimulated her to a delirious orgasm . |
| 22 | Julius stared at her for what seemed like an extraordinarily long time . |
| 23 | I had been polishing it for what seemed hours and you could now see your face in it perfectly . |
| 24 | A piece of rope was tied to it but the knot was difficult to undo and , after fiddling with it for what felt like hours , he still could n't pry it loose . |
| 25 | In the darkness he said : ‘ I know nothing more than I have told you , but I blame myself for what happened . |
| 26 | They must never blame themselves for what happens , if the cat reacts fearfully to certain individuals or certain specific conditions . |