Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | In truth through the years Tiller Girls danced in ill-fitting shoes and had bunions to prove it for the rest of their lives . |