Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] it for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scorton does have a playing field , but this is administered by the Parish Council and no application has been made to use it for a finishing point . |
| 2 | In some circumstances one might seek a maximally parallel version of a program , but it is more likely that one will be attempting to optimise it for a particular configuration . |
| 3 | No one had bothered to wind it for a long time ; the two hands were clasped together as if in prayer , pointing eternally upwards — either to heaven or to twelve o'clock . |
| 4 | and you 'll probably want to keep it for a little while ? |
| 5 | You 'll just have to bear it for a little while longer . ’ |
| 6 | If your car seems totally unsuitable for transporting the patient , you may have to exchange it for a different model . |
| 7 | I said well if you got us a dog I 'd have to take it for a late night walk would n't I ? |
| 8 | I did n't see the new dog till it was nearly six months old and its mistress asked me to call to treat it for a slight attack of eczema . |
| 9 | For some years , it was used by the American Church , which offered to buy it for a substantial sum from the London diocese when its lease expired ; but the offer was refused and the church declared redundant . |
| 10 | And obviously we would want to take money out of reserves , our original amendment took one point three million pounds out of reserves and it 's interesting to see now that you 're suggesting almost that figure again and yet for years you 've been telling us you ca n't take this money out of the reserves , er you know we had to keep it for a rainy day . |
| 11 | Skill is also required to arrange it for a particular choir , group or instruments . |