14 sentences with 'for'
Example sentences and phrases with the word for and other words derived from it.
• « I sat there for a few moments, staring at the sheet of paper in front of me, on which I had scribbled the names of doctors whose expertise I never imagined I would ever need, and on whom, it seemed, my life now depended. »
• « When calls for him to resign became clamorous and he needed defenders, the government officials he had offended numbered in the legions, and they sank him. »
• « Take, for example, the talented marketing executive of a powerful beverage company who imposed his opinion to launch a new soft drink that was a complete failure. »
• « Although no one knows for sure how many birds perished that summer in the Coto Doñana refuge, it is estimated that there were no fewer than 20,000. »
• « Doñana is a refuge for endangered birds as rare as the purple moorhen and the majestic imperial eagle. »
• « The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds of Great Britain, an organization with nearly 900,000 members and headed by Queen Elizabeth II, allocated more than 30,000 pounds sterling to fight the project. »
• « Visit your gynecologist periodically for a check-up and to be informed about scientific advances. »
• « In 1962 he was a candidate for representative to the Congress of his country, and even thought of giving up his career as a writer if he was elected. »
• « However, he had to overcome his grief for the sake of Elsie and John, who were three years and nineteen months old, respectively. »