Example sentences of "for we [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Briefly , then , for we shall be returning to this same point later in the book , it can be said that the performance mode itself can be protective , either because it is seen to be mainly a technical or intellectual task , or because the dramatic form is powerful enough to enhance whatever the participants ' contribution might be . |
| 2 | The apostle John spoke about this when he said : ‘ We know that when he appears , we shall be like him , for we shall see him as he is . ’ |
| 3 | For we shall rue it , if't be true , that Fens be undertaken , |
| 4 | Then if we are taxed with what we said about someone , we shall be calm for we shall know that everything we said was benevolent . |
| 5 | For we shall live and we shall die , |
| 6 | ‘ Beloved , we are now the sons of God , and it does not yet appear what we shall be , but we know that when he appears we shall be like him , for we shall see him as he is . |
| 7 | But we know that when he appears we shall be like him for we shall him as he his . |
| 8 | For we shall see him as yet I should imagine it 's a spiritual condition is n't |
| 9 | It is important to appreciate its complexity for we might then be less likely to generalise its demands , or the way we decide between them , on the basis of the ( by now familiar ) too narrow diet of examples . |
| 10 | This might be treated as evidence that Gibbon uses an abnormally large number of abstract nouns , but of course it can not , for we might then discover that a preponderance of abstract nouns is quite normal in the prose of Gibbon 's contemporaries , and that Gibbon 's language in this respect is not exceptional . |
| 11 | Dr Johnson begged a Berkeleian not to take his leave from the group he was with , ‘ for we may perhaps forget to think of you , and then you will cease to exist ’ . |
| 12 | For we may not be able to control the behaviour or attitudes of others , but we can modify our own responses . |
| 13 | For we may seem to be many here , but we are few . |
| 14 | Later , the presence , or even the existence , of the people we care about may not be necessary for their influence to apply , for we may retain the desire to be the kind of person who would have won their affection and approval . |
| 15 | For we may then write unc where P is a square matrix of order p , non-singular since the columns of Yo and of Y , separately , are linearly independent . |
| 16 | They were evidently hearing something different from the rest of us now , for we would watch them slow-dance to the fastest beat , and then , on the next record , see them execute perfect and elaborate improvised arabesques , all fast footwork and impassioned arms , in the gaps of a slow blues . |
| 17 | If we had superhuman reactions then perhaps we could manage with a rigid pole , for we would then be fast enough to ease off when the fish made a sudden plunge . |
| 18 | But that , of course , is not change , debugging or repair ( the very things Minsky was referring to ) , for we would be impressed in this way by a yogi who was not able , also and in addition , to change his digestive process . |
| 19 | But something would still have been gained , for we would not be claiming to know on the basis of experience the nature of a world which is independent of experience . |
| 20 | The world would sound very strange to us through the ears of a frog , for we would hear the calls of other frogs , the noises made by its predators , and little else . |
| 21 | From this small beginning , Mr. Shipsey went on to greater things for we used to hear of his progress after the monthly meetings of the Ancient Order of Foresters as both Dad and his friend were Past Chief Rangers . |
| 22 | With break for We 'd start we 'd do the cattle feed the cattle in the morning and then we were in for breakfast and then er be out then and er dinner then was usually about half past twelve and you started again on at two . |
| 23 | For we must not misunderstand ourselves ; we are as much automatic as intellectual ; and hence it comes that the instrument by which conviction is attained is not demonstrated alone . |
| 24 | Christabel says , ‘ And if he regretted his armoury of spines and his quick wild wits , history does not relate , for we must go no further , having reached the happy end . ’ |
| 25 | For we must never lose sight of the fact that the issues involved are moral ones ; and that though doctors may be experts in medicine , they are no more competent or qualified to speak on moral issues than you or I. |
| 26 | ‘ If we do not see him again — for we must take that possibility into account — you are his next of kin and his sole heiress . |
| 27 | ‘ For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ ’ the minister warned them ; ‘ that every one may receive the things done in his body according to that he hath done whether it be good or bad . ’ |
| 28 | I will not be for the lessening of it , and if I do I know I less my crown , for we must march together " . |
| 29 | For we should not become too carried away by Labour 's changed face and tone of voice , nor too dazzled by the Peter Mandelson image-conjuring . |
| 30 | For we should have to be able to redescribe both the actions we currently regard as rational , and those we think of as requiring a reactive response , so as to overcome the contrast between them . |