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Example sentences for "for such"

  • When they had concluded their harangue (for it was clear they intended their jabbering for such), one of them who seemed to be the chief stood up in the prow of his canoe, and made signs for us to bring our boats alongside of him.

  • For such follies, even in childhood, I had imbibed a taste and now they came back to me as if in the dotage of grief.

  • I don't credit Rackett with enough good sense for such a proposal,' he said deliberately.

  • I suppose I might get ten guineas, at most, for such a story.

  • I don't think they have any marked faculty for such work; but as they certainly haven't for teaching, that doesn't matter.

  • By my head," saith the King, "I would not let you go for a kingdom, for such man as is this is no knight but a devil and a fiend that hath issued from the borders of Hell.

  • Sir," saith he, "Against the evil intent of any knight of whom I am adread, for such an one might haply meet me as would slay me forthwith.

  • For such is my custom, and for this am I come to your court, whereof I have heard such tidings and such witness in many places where I have been, that I know you will not deny me herein.

  • Sir," saith the squire, "This have you deserved, for such is the custom of the forest.

  • For such a man laziness or indifference in business seems anomalous, while industry and enthusiasm are as natural as the air he breathes and as inexhaustible as the air itself.

  • For such, the pertinent question is, How may I reduce the expenditure of energy without reducing the efficiency of my labor?

  • For such a man enthusiasm for his work is unfailing and industry unremittent.

  • For centuries the Pope had striven to prevent the union of Naples and the Empire, and with good reason, for such a union must prove almost of necessity highly detrimental to the safety of the Papal States and the independence of the Holy See.

  • That the world was well prepared for such an outburst has been shown already,[1] but it is necessary to emphasise the fact that the real interests of religion played but a secondary part in the success of the Protestant revolt.

  • Yes, I was given over to my own devices when I ever let him touch the bridle, for such a little miscreant there never was before him in this country.

  • For such obloquy I have learned to consider as true glory; and as to my seat I am determined that it never shall be held by an ignominious tenure; and I am sure that it can never be lost in a more honourable cause.

  • For such, I am convinced, ought to be the conduct of one whose object it is, not to flatter the people, but to serve them.

  • This glacis, for such in fact was its military uses, might have covered a hundred acres; but with it every sign of civilization ceased.

  • Days at a time have I travelled them alone, without feeling the want of company; and, as for conversation, for such as can comprehend their language, there is no want of rational and instructive discourse.

  • The balloon (for such no doubt it was) had now descended to within a hundred feet of the earth, allowing the crowd below a sufficiently distinct view of the person of its occupant.

  • And what cause have you, Jupiter, for such a supposition?

  • For such, I tried to persuade myself, was the nature of Ruth's regard for me: and upon looking back I could not charge myself with any misconduct towards the little maiden.

  • I would have stopped an eight-horse coach, with four carabined out-riders, for such a booty as that.

  • His very enemies were forced to confess that they had to do with a man of mark; for such a character even Aeschines and Hyperides give him, where they accuse and speak against him.

  • So much, as Plato says, for such matters.

  • When she returns with him and a certain Beggar, then I shall depart and you will die, both of you, for such is the punishment decreed upon you.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    for although; for granted; for instance; for myself; for the; for the common benefit; for the first time; for they; for those; for thou shalt not; foreign devil; foreign enemy; foreign exchange; foreign goods; foreign influence; foreign origin; foreign parentage; forgive you; formal garden; former navigators; former note; forms part; fortnight since; forty pounds; osmotic pressure; single house