Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] it for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any attempt to evade it for the sake of the ‘ purity of the ‘ socialist ideal ’ ’ , 'he warned , would simply lead to a further expansion of the bureaucratic apparatus and to the dictatorship of the producer . |
| 2 | Alter this technique had been invented , it was only a matter of time before weapons designers adapted it for the detection of submarines . |
| 3 | But if parents buy it for the child the dividend is considered part of the parents income . |
| 4 | But if parents buy it for the child the dividend is considered part of the parents income . |
| 5 | But if parents buy it for the child the dividend is considered part of the parents income . |
| 6 | Conservationists and locals fear for the future of the island and a trust has been set up to raise money to buy it for the nation . |
| 7 | They have set up a trust fund , the Aber Trust , run independently of them , to raise the money around £200,000 to buy it for the nation . |
| 8 | Mr Anderton said he was disappointed that he could not afford to keep Vaila , adding that various attempts had been made to interest public and environmental agencies to buy it for the enjoyment of the public . |
| 9 | He had heard Yorkshire people substitute it for the word ‘ self ’ , as in : ‘ I 've been there me sen ! ’ |
| 10 | Schrödinger imagined an experiment in which a cat was placed in a sealed box with a sufficient supply of air to last it for the duration of the experiment . |
| 11 | Appeal organisers would like anyone thinking of holding a coffee morning or jumble sale in aid of a worthy cause to do it for the centre . |
| 12 | Appeal organisers would like anyone thinking of holding a coffee morning or jumble sale in aid of a worthy cause to do it for the day care centre . |
| 13 | Appeal organisers would like anyone else thinking of holding a coffee morning or jumble sale in aid of a worthy cause to do it for the day care centre . |
| 14 | Grundy rescued it for the Channel 10 network after it had proved a massive flop on rival Channel 7 . |
| 15 | When a large amount of equipment was contaminated dealing with an explosion at Shell some time ago , Shell replaced it for the fire brigade . |
| 16 | He had taken the Thompson with him for a practical demonstration and afterwards had not had an opportunity to exchange it for the army 's normal issue Sterling gun . |
| 17 | As salt would have been a precious commodity , all their meat had to be air-dried in order to preserve it for the winter months , and this was done by the use of cleits . |
| 18 | But again Hal believed it for the truth . |
| 19 | During production , or soon afterwards , the Alexis Master adapted it for the use of St Christina of Markyate ( born c .1096 , q.v. ) by adding the Alexis and Emmaus drawings , intended to echo incidents in Christina 's own life . |
| 20 | Common Law could not prevent the trustee employing it for the wife 's benefit , and Equity would compel him to do so . |
| 21 | In truth through the years Tiller Girls danced in ill-fitting shoes and had bunions to prove it for the rest of their lives . |