Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] it for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're ideal if you just want to lose it for a couple of hours , but try not to get hooked . |
| 2 | ‘ We know that the semi-final is important , and every one of us wants to win it for the manager , but we have got to approach every game in the same way . |
| 3 | They 've spent years doing this sort of thing , now they 've decided that they want to do it for a living . |
| 4 | And erm I got down on my hands and knees I must 've done it for an hour |
| 5 | Juliet wondered if he 'd re-stocked it for the occasion . |
| 6 | Guido took a mouthful of his Cynar and seemed to savour it for a moment . |
| 7 | Oh god I thought I 'd lost it for a minute |
| 8 | Let's have a look at how you manage your time at the moment and how you 'd like to reorganize it for the future . |
| 9 | Yes I 'd like to see it for a day or two but not for a fortnight |
| 10 | Shah declined , but said he would be willing to help finance it for a fee . |
| 11 | Or it could be that they would be appropriate for the reception area in one of the factories , or we might give one to a distributor and say , here you are , this you know , put this in if you 've got the right sort of area and would like to use it for a bit , stick it in there . |
| 12 | Got to use it for the paint . |
| 13 | Because if we 're going to use it for the ragtime and er |
| 14 | I 've got to do it for a week have n't I ? |
| 15 | Not just for yourself , you 've got to do it for the rest . |
| 16 | I was n't going to answer him back , even with ‘ He wanted to bring that lizard back — was he going to keep it for a pet ? ’ — not if he was going to be like that . |
| 17 | Cos I 've got to finish it for the morning . |
| 18 | And at the end of the evening he said , ‘ Give me your number , I 'd like to have it for the future . ’ |
| 19 | I 'd like to take it for a spin . |
| 20 | Mr Jones did n't have the key ; it was kept at the ambulance station , whose staff would be told to lend it for the purpose required . |
| 21 | And asserts that he did it ignorantly not knowing there was any evil in it , and after the several members of the presbytery had dealt with him and endeavoured to convince him of the sinfulness of the said practice he seemed to dislike the practice of the charm and judicially promised to forbear it for the future . |
| 22 | And asserts that he did it ignorantly not knowing there was any evil in it , and after the several members of the presbytery had dealt with him and endeavoured to convince him of the sinfulness of the said practice he seemed to dislike the practice of the charm and judicially promised to forbear it for the future . |
| 23 | Only got to do it for a second . |
| 24 | I think I 'll stop using it for a bit . |
| 25 | The $420m a year that America has been getting to compensate it for the loss in sales of farm products to Spain and Portugal after they joined the Community was due to run out in 1990 . |
| 26 | He decided to wear it for the rest of his life . |
| 27 | ( He had in fact put on weight while resting after Alfredo Alfredo , and needed to lose it for the role anyway . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'd only have done it for the money , ’ she admits , ‘ It was a bit of a mish-mash . ’ |
| 29 | As for the Normandy campaign , I would n't have missed it for the world . |
| 30 | He would n't have missed it for the world . ’ |