Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] it for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When you open the file , a file handle ( an integer number ) is returned by the interpreter and you will need to store it for future use . |
| 2 | She 'd suspected it for some time , but last week had seen it for herself . |
| 3 | He had threatened to do it for some time , but only Hank had taken him seriously and tried to dissuade him . |
| 4 | She 'd chosen it for that reason — and because it was the colour of wine . |
| 5 | Betty 's other criticism of the scheme is that she has been told to use it for individualised learning and she does not believe that the children learn properly this way . |
| 6 | Bob Hoover 's North American P-51D Old Yeller was put up for action , but with a $1 million reserve Hoover gets to fly it for another year . |
| 7 | Charles decided to play it for light comedy . |
| 8 | Like many people , however , I decided to leave it for another day . |
| 9 | Certainly , this was the way he needed to present it for domestic consumption , for this new alliance and the concession of territory for military use by a foreign power scarcely seemed consistent with the many hours and column inches he had devoted to demonizing the western democracies and to denouncing the British " occupation " of Gibraltar . |
| 10 | I have a suspicion I 've wanted to do it for some time . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Course he will , ’ Joe snapped , ‘ bin doin it for twenty year . |
| 12 | They were allowed to see it for one hour , before it was taken back , and none of them has been able to get hold of it since . |
| 13 | You may divide it into sections , such as in the tables , record it just as it is spoken , or however else you wish , but do record it for later reference and to help you learn . |
| 14 | When he handled her breasts they were tender ; she had noticed it for some time . |
| 15 | The paper owner , the local council , had bought it for eventual use as a road , but had no immediate use for it . |
| 16 | I 've had it for some time — like a little nest |
| 17 | Well and we 've used it for Well answer is yes but I 'm you know , it 's making sure you get the business . |
| 18 | Just over half of the teachers claiming to have seen the booklet said they had used it for in-service training in their school . |
| 19 | Oh I mean many of them were taken out of a book which had in the front price five and sixpence so a so I think that went very well and er I mean Jack was much encouraged by it so much so that he 's going to actually offer to do it for another organisation that he 's connected with |
| 20 | They could purchase land from owners who refused to sell for development or from builders who wished to retain it for future development . |
| 21 | ‘ Oh Simon ! ’ he said , looking at my face as if he was trying to memorize it for some exam . |
| 22 | And eventually they said well the stereotype is basically sort of like the equivalent in litho plate making really said that this was , no of course it is metal , sorry it 's not metal , it is letterpress The Guardian and it is , they make these Nyclopone plates or something and they really wanted to keep it for that reason . |