Example sentences of "[Wh det] [pers pn] [verb] is for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let us remember that everything for which we legislate is for worse cases and blanket rules . |
| 2 | ‘ What I want is for us to talk long and hard , and now , ’ she declared , and , swivelling on her heel , she marched back into the house . |
| 3 | Essentially , what she wants is for Berowne to discover what is serious in life , and to stop fooling all the time . |
| 4 | What you want is for me to stroke your ego by telling you that he does n't compare to you . ’ |
| 5 | Make them do what we know is for their benefit as well as our own , and all difficulties in China are at an end . ’ |
| 6 | And they said we do n't mean to be over the men , but what we mean is for you to come down the office , no what the office wants as regards orders , and be responsible and pass them out to the men who you 'll think who 'll do the job best and all that , and that 's what we mean . |
| 7 | Now that we do live much longer with better health care generally , what we want is for women to be able to live that last third of their lives in health and being able to enjoy themselves and contribute to the community , not feeling that they 're crippled by pain . |
| 8 | What we need is for all of us , men , women and children , to be open to and comfortable with all these feelings . |
| 9 | ‘ John Dyson , ’ the chairman was saying , ‘ do you , as a journalist , agree with the suggestion that what we need is for the press to take a firm moral lead and play down all news to do with race relations ? ’ |
| 10 | What we need is for every single appeal stage , for the member to at least have the right to know why he or she has lost . |