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Example sentences for "that for"

  • There was a look upon his face that tore Helen's heart to see, so that for a moment or two she stood quite dazed with this new terror.

  • For that promise has been the one joy of my life, that for which I have labored so hard!

  • All the suspicions against Jasper, which she had hitherto disdained entertaining, crowded in a body on her thoughts; and the sensation that they brought was so sickening, that for an instant she imagined she was about to faint.

  • The addition to the party, however, was so unlooked-for, and so completely gave the enemy the superiority, that for a few moments the ingenuity and address of even the Delaware were at fault.

  • That for want of such Skill in their own Affairs, and by Indulgence of their own Laziness and Pride, they continually keep about them certain mischievous Animals called Spies.

  • Should not you, and all Men of any Parts or Honour, put things upon so right a Foot, as that such a Rascal should not laugh at the Imputation of what he was really guilty, and dread being accused of that for which he was arrested?

  • It was just now, as happened, that for so fine a sense as hers a near view would have begun to pay.

  • It was a shade, fairly, that brought a flush into his face; so that for a moment, as they waited together, their difference was between them.

  • He must at any rate be clearer as to what--should he continue to do that for convenience--he was still condoning.

  • And therefore all the danger that can be pretended, must arise from the Contention of those, that for an office of so great honour, and profit, may become Competitors.

  • Don't you think," he said, "that for an artist to buy a Gallery is a bit dubious?

  • Then Derek looked at me and said: 'Do they do that for you?

  • A wan glow fell on Mrs. Pendyce's spirit, that for so many hours had been heavy and grey in lonely resolution.

  • That for months he had been thinking at least a little of another woman besides herself.

  • If there were confusion in his heart which had been innocent of trouble, what must there have been in hers, that for so long had secretly desired the dawning of that confusion?

  • There was not a person at the Court who did not take a pleasure in reading it, so that for a long time it was the common subject of conversation of the Court and of the town.

  • It is certain, that for a long time nobody saw him except a single valet, who had control over him, and who did not annoy him.

  • His solitude was so great, that for a whole month only one friend entered his house.

  • No program, no teacher, no one else can do that for you.

  • New programs, such as that for a national research agency, will require larger amounts in later years.

  • The Constitution indeed has wisely provided that for admission to certain offices of important trust a residence shall be required sufficient to develop character and design.

  • Also it is a disparagement to a man that seeks his own glory in what he undertakes, to do that for a spurt, which he cannot continue and hold out in.

  • Second, This is the intercession of Christ, or that for which he doth make intercession.

  • Now were a man alive and sensible, though he was in none other place than the grave, there to be confined, while others are at liberty, what would he give in exchange for his place, and to be rid of that for a better!

  • And let me add over and above, that for a man to come to Christ for life, though he comes to him for nothing else but life, it is to give much honour to him.

  • The wings of thy night involve thee not in the horror of darkness, but have still some white feather; and thy day is (that for which we esteem life) the longest.

  • But tell me truly this; how many days For godlike Hector's fun'ral rites ye need; That for so long a time I may myself Refrain from combat, and the people stay.

  • Tis true, that for a while the youthful knight Against that damsel put not forth his might.

  • Inflaming every one to smite and slay, In guise, that for a record should remain, He made the various troops fall in below Their banners, and the battle-signal blow.

  • And what do I care for more, if that for which I was born and brought forth into the world (to rule all my desires with reason and discretion) may be?

  • Is this then a thing of that worth, that for it my soul should suffer, and become worse than it was?

  • It seems to me that for a beginner your Majesty pulled somewhat hard," said Asti drily.

  • I report to your divine Majesty that those barbarians are no more, that for a generation, at least, I have made the land safe to your uttermost dominions in the north.

  • Suddenly with a simultaneous motion these men tore off their masks so that for a moment Asti and Tua saw their faces--and behold!

  • They worship beside God, that for which He hath sent down no warranty, and that of which they have no knowledge: but for those who commit this wrong, no helper!

  • God hath promised to those who believe, and do the things that are right, that for them is pardon and a great reward.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    enough cold; good reputation; has ever; singing school; that any; that book; that case; that city; that class; that could; that country; that had; that hath; that her; that his; that house; that island; that kind; that last; that nothing; that old; that our; that sense; that year; treatment should; young women