Example sentences of "[verb] it [adv prt] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The talk was recorded by Russell Mulford and we intend to write it up for the museum . |
| 2 | Wistaria Cottage was n't worth much and in any case he had talked at one point of trading it in for an annuity . |
| 3 | Rumour had it the owner of the Gazi burned it down for the insurance money . |
| 4 | It was heavy for him , he was glad to set it down for a while . |
| 5 | made with all milk you see , and I put this on the other day , it was Monday , and I put it on for a cup of coffee , well Jim was out the front with Tom cos Tom fixed the front door |
| 6 | You can put one on them we 've converse for the , put it on for the evening |
| 7 | Looks like you 'll have to sort of like put it up for a day and then take it down for a week and put it back in again . |
| 8 | Why did n't he take that with him and put it in for a minute , for god 's sake . |
| 9 | Unless we put it out for the cat . |
| 10 | The only thing on the ground floor that was similar to a dressing-room was a gents ' loo , so we set about disguising its true purpose by dressing it up for the evening . |
| 11 | We 've got some soup so we thought well we can make some of that up in the morning then we could just warm it up for the dinners |
| 12 | There is times I 've casually picked it up , dropped it on the floor and forgotten to pick it up for a while because I 'm on the phone and sometimes it is quite loud in my ear . |
| 13 | The Queen obviously has a sense of humour , as was evident from her hamming it up for the cameras . |
| 14 | ‘ Because I 've had it around for a lot longer than I care to tell you . |
| 15 | But lines like ‘ It 's a bit hard , your Highness , I have n't had it off for a year ’ , when muttered by a grubby servant referring to his shoe , come just as easily from Tony Slattery as they ever did from Sid James . |
| 16 | Still , I had an overseas news radio set and sometimes at dusk when I turned it on for the BBC overseas news , the light on its dial welcomed me like a beacon from home . |
| 17 | Hankin added : ‘ We received a biggish bid for a youngster , but I turned it down for the benefit of the future of Darlington . ’ |
| 18 | But if we do n't get a good response to this I might stick it in for the day in The Post . |
| 19 | In this respect , it would seem to be more important that family relationships improve , whether or not husband and wife remain together , rather than urging parents to ‘ stick it out for the sake of the children ’ in unhappy marriages . |
| 20 | ‘ You have rather got it in for the doctor , have n't you ? ’ said Henry easily . |
| 21 | There was er she said , Blue Peter , and they should have put it in because they 've got it in for the kids . |
| 22 | He refuses to play for the moment , boldly pressing on where others tend to dwell ; yet , with those Philadelphians really turning it on for the composer with whom this orchestra is most indelibly associated , superbly captured in Decca sound of great sumptuousness and tonal allure ( even if not always ideally balanced ) , it all makes for compulsive listening . |
| 23 | A decade ago , NEC Corp surged past Motorola Inc and Texas Instruments Inc to become the world 's largest chipmaker , and Japan has held the title ever since — until 1991 , when according to Dataquest , Intel Corp grew 26% to win it back for the US . |
| 24 | Twelve years after the Republicans moved into the White House and 13 months after the Arkansas governor launched his long-shot bid to win it back for the Democrats , the man on the defensive was Mr Bush . |
| 25 | But you can only use it up for a month and then you . |
| 26 | We may be able to put it off for a while , but make that decision , we have got to , some day or another . |
| 27 | ‘ I forgot to put it out for the birds yesterday morning . ’ |
| 28 | There is nothing whatever to do about it , except , possibly , to put it down for a time . |
| 29 | They read somewhat strangely , as if I had imagined the whole thing , or cooked it up for an April Fool joke . |
| 30 | Do n't put it away , you 'll have to leave it out for the week . |