Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb past] for [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leaders of the three main ethnic groups on March 18 signed an agreement , negotiated under the auspices of the EC , on the future of the republic which provided for its division into three autonomous units along ethnic lines . |
| 2 | Now , in these latter sixteenth-century days , Knollys 's shipyard had been driven to the building of more modest ships , and confined itself mainly to boats no larger than forty or fifty tons — small merchantmen for the most part , which sailed for their owners to Italy and Spain with cargoes of wool , tin and salt fish . |
| 3 | In the following year , however , a plot was hatched by the English and their supporters , which regained for them control of the city . |
| 4 | At fifteen , when I could legally go out to work , I got a Saturday job which paid for my clothes ( except my school uniform , which was part of the deal , somehow ) . |
| 5 | which paid for His death ; |
| 6 | After August 1939 it was no longer possible to have complete faith in a nation state which collaborated for whatever reason with fascism , even if that state happened to be the Soviet Union itself . |
| 7 | In Egypt the Jews had to take sides in the hostilities between the various factions which competed for whatever power was left under the virtual protectorate of Rome . |
| 8 | Montagu welcomed dissent in India as a sign of blossoming political maturity , and distinguished confidently between legitimate and illegitimate unrest — the latter being that which had for its object ‘ Home Rule ’ , the former that which aspired to political responsibility to the degree the British saw fit to give it . |
| 9 | Training has been completed for the week , and the platoon which paraded for its Pass-Off today has now left the barracks for ten days ' leave prior to posting to various battalions in England , Ulster and around Europe . |
| 10 | ‘ Yes ’ — she nodded to herself — ‘ that was the word , neurotic , which accounted for her nerves and her funny temper too . ’ |
| 11 | He persuaded them that I was not employed by the Government , explaining that I was under the Emperor 5 personal protection , which accounted for my escort of soldiers . |
| 12 | Elsewhere , settlements like the Magdalensburg and Feldkirchen in Noricum , which depended for their prosperity on the famous Norican iron , are good examples . |