Example sentences of "[is] [Wh det] [pron] [verb] for " in BNC.

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1 That 's what everyone applying for that job will pitch .
2 Location , Sensation , Modalities , Concomitants , That 's what one needs for diagnosis !
3 Cos that 's what they asked for
4 Yes , was it because you think that , they , that 's what they had for in the house
5 It 's what they go for , I suppose .
6 Sure enough , he told me that 's what they planned for him .
7 If that 's what they want for me , Benny asked herself , why on God 's earth are they allowing me to go to university ?
8 I like to keep the crowd happy because that 's what they pay for . ’
9 That 's what they want that 's what they used for it .
10 And that 's what we use for electronic circuits .
11 And that 's what we pay for and that 's , when you want to work out how much a fan heater uses and you know , how long was it on for ?
12 Rather than looking at the proposal we decided that it was so that 's what we did really and that 's why , if you have a look down there right , so all we 're doing then we 're working through the resources and allocating them room numbers erm and then when that 's done so that 's what we did for each of the little rooms .
13 These procedures should be manag you know part of management consultation , not part of the Dave writes it , if he like says , well that 's what we 'll do for B E S , and then , and then I 'm told , oh , that 's what we do for B E S , I tell staff , and that causes a great deal of unrest in staff .
14 Oh that 's what we have for breakfast .
15 Erm the old on that you know , took me two years to get the bearings approved and er you know but then having to wait a year and a half cos had a year and a half 's worth of orders on 'em and promised to hold the price for three years is that 's what it took for them to use them up , er has run out , new orders have been put on but I 've got the chance of taking the business .
16 Er standing one ambulance , that 's what it stands for , er it means
17 What er caused them to put that for the er group forward I could not tell you , but that 's what he stood for , this protestant action .
18 Dad says that 's what she gets for being a Baptist .
19 ‘ But then Elizabeth wanted a challenge , it 's what she lived for . ’
20 made a Lady , or made I mean she was given that title , or actually I 'm dead against the fact it was her husband who was given the title , erm but to abstract away from that at the moment , somebody who 's been in public service all their lives and who 's devoted much of their life to the cause of the people , I mean I realize that an awful lot of people would think that Margaret Thatcher has n't done that , but let's say that , for the sake of the argument , that at least that 's what she intended for the time being
21 I 've got a laser printer yeah so I mean that 's what I use for my business .
22 It 's what I planned for her — what I 've dreamed of for her all these years .
23 Wine , grapes , bulls and lots and lots of sun , that 's what I had for Christmas , General . ’
24 I said well that 's what I came for .
25 ‘ Are you on a booze-up or what ? he asked belligerently. ‘ that 's what I get for coming to see you and your mother in bed with the flu , ’ his father protested indignantly .
26 Yes , that 's what , yes that 's what I hoped for because I , I feel everybody 's interpretation
27 That 's what I want for Neil .
28 That 's what I want for Aaron for his room
29 It 's what I expect for you to be able to work , really hard , get your homework done , work hard in your exams , I expect you to go to college .
30 It 's what I used for all that weird Eno-esque synth stuff over Morrissey 's Last Of The Famous International Playboys single .
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