English example sentences with "what for"

What for?
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"I have to see him." "What for?"
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What form of transport will we take?
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What forms do we need to file?
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The result is that English people usually have no problem understanding what foreigners say.
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What format should I use?
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What foreign language do you study in your school?
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What foreign languages have you studied?
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I'll give you what for.
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Tom gave Mary what for.
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Consider yourself somewhat fortunate.
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The question is what for.
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What form of transportation did you use?
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"I should thank you." "What for?"
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Organizations are not really "owned" by anyone. What formerly constituted ownership was split up into stockholders' rights to share in profits, management's power to set policy, employees' right to status and security, government's right to regulate. Thus older forms of wealth were replaced by new forms.
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And in the cloud unseen, / wrapt in its hollow covering, they abide / and note what fortune did their friends betide, / and whence they come, and why for grace they sue, / and on what shore they left the fleet to bide, / for chosen captains came from every crew, / and towards the sacred fane with clamorous cries they drew.
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Then Dido, struck with wonder at the sight / of one so great and in so strange a plight, / "O Goddess-born! what fate through dangers sore, / what force to savage coasts compels thy flight?"
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What foreign countries would you like to visit?
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What foreign languages can you speak?
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What foreign languages are you able to speak?
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What foreign languages do you know?
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"What do you mean by being absent for the whole week?" "I had to stay at home." "What for?" "To be with my mother, who was sick."
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"How many cell phones do you have, Tom?" "How many do I have?" "Do you have lots of phones at one time?" "Well, I have four." "And what for?
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"I'm so sorry." "Sorry? What for?" "Please forgive me." "There is nothing to forgive."
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"What foreign language are you studying?" "I'm studying French."
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"Thanks." "What for?" "For everything."
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"What foreign language are you taking?" "English."
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What foreign languages are you studying?
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What form of public transportation do you prefer?
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"I have to see Tom." "What for?"
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"Tom, if I ever hear again that you've been teasing John at school, I'll give you what for! Do I make myself clear, young man?" "Yes, Mum."
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"Tom would like a wet flannel." "What for?" "He didn't say."
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"Mum, mum! Tom tripped me!" "That yob! I'll give him what for!"

What for? I'm fine as it is.

"Follow the white rabbit." "What for? I don't want to kill it and it eat now."

"The chief executive is expecting you." "What for?" "I don't know."

It's hard to avoid what forms the basis of the economic system.

You're locking the door? What for?

What foreign language do you study?

Unfortunately, the electorate is somewhat forgetful.

What evil fate, O blood of a goddess, pursues you amid such terrible dangers? What force casts you into such wild lands?

When she found out, she really gave him what for.

He wants four copies of it? What for?

When your dad gets home, he'll give you (a) what for.