Example sentences of "died for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The commemoration of the dead in the First World War was seen as a triumphalist commemoration of those who died for Britain . |
| 2 | For centuries men have fought for the Church , died for it , loved it , or hated it . |
| 3 | Via the expression of a perverse masochism , with its disturbing mix of abjection and arrogance , this act , in one sense the supreme antithesis of everything Christ died for — he died after all to save us all — is identified as Christlike . |
| 4 | The next question is : If Jesus died for me and paid the ‘ price of sin ’ , to whom was the penalty paid ? |
| 5 | So here is mystery with a vengeance — we seem to have the attractive idea that Christ died for you and me , he went to the utmost limit for us , he gave everything away , and in some mysterious and tantalizing fashion he took my sin and yours upon himself , but we can not say to whom the price was paid ! |
| 6 | Kolbe died for his friend and Christ died for us — as an example for us to follow , as a pioneer who goes before us , as one who identifies with us , as our reconciler , as our sacrifice , and as our substitute . |
| 7 | Kolbe died for his friend and Christ died for us — as an example for us to follow , as a pioneer who goes before us , as one who identifies with us , as our reconciler , as our sacrifice , and as our substitute . |
| 8 | Jesus Christ several times appeared to her with a sweet and gracious countenance , saying to her to rouse her courage , ‘ remember my love , that the bed of the cross on which I died for love of you was harder , narrower and more painful than that on which you are now lying' ’ . |
| 9 | His work matured , even if there is no question that he abused himself and died for that reason . |
| 10 | The albums ‘ American Prayer ’ and ‘ LA Woman ’ produced some of the best work he ever did , and I think in a sense he died for his poetry . |
| 11 | Cartoon characters chased each other across the screen , glamorous women won the hearts of kings , innocent settlers set themselves against ruthless cattle-ranchers , war heroes plotted and schemed and died for their beloved country . |
| 12 | Doc Paisley was the first man I ever heard preach to me directly that I was sinner , that God loved me and that Jesus died for me … |
| 13 | ( Why this word was specially chosen has been the subject of scholarly controversy ; the probable answer is that the Christian who died for Christ was believed to be uniquely united with his crucified Master , thereby linking the concept of witness with sacrificial dying ; but in martyrdom the cause is primary , the dying secondary . ) |
| 14 | THEY died for the greater good . |
| 15 | Antinomians taught that since Christ died for the actual sins of His people , they are justified even before they are born . |
| 16 | Firstly , Baxter could not see how it was possible to avoid Antinomianism if it was accepted that Christ died for the actual sins of His people . |
| 17 | Most of these patients died for reasons unrelated to their strange behaviour , and such microscopic abnormalities as might be found in the brain seemed too obscure to account for the disturbance of the mind . |
| 18 | His blood , who died for us on a cross . |
| 19 | Nearly 70,000 men died for a quarter-mile of wood . |
| 20 | All three people died for different reasons , if it is not absurd to associate the word reason with the hateful and cowardly acts which killed them . |
| 21 | Wick , where the biggest shop is Woolworths and the young girls pass reeking of cigarette smoke , and CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS is writ large on the exterior of the Harbour Mission wall . |
| 22 | Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures . ’ |
| 23 | Whole tribes of proud and even magnificent people have at times sat down and died for no other reason than that their ancient culture has been exposed , even briefly , to one that seems to belong to a superior order . |
| 24 | St Paul in an embryonic creed in I Corinthians , says Christ died for sinners and was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures ( meaning the O.T. ) . |
| 25 | It was while we were yet sinners that Christ died for us ( Rom. 5:8 ) . |
| 26 | ‘ This Georgian movement … which my father and mother died for … is it still active ? ’ |
| 27 | Sid died for this . |
| 28 | Consequently , if Elphege died for justice , even only in refusing to pay money demanded by Viking invaders , he died also for truth . |
| 29 | Many men loved her , and died for her . |
| 30 | The wording of the administration no longer referred to the body and blood of Christ but emphasized instead the commemorative significance of the sacrament , the minister declaring : ‘ Take and eat this in remembrance that Christ died for thee , and feed on him in thy heart by faith with thanksgiving . ’ |