Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] it for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I fought it for a long time and I wanted to get kick-started back to where I was before , because I felt under a cloud . |
| 2 | My sister had a baby about three months ago , and I met it for the first time when I went home . ’ |
| 3 | I sold it for a reasonable price . |
| 4 | ‘ I did n't know at the time it had been in the Quakers boardroom but it was a good , handmade , solid oak table and I got it for a reasonable price , ’ he said . |
| 5 | EPIPHONE ET-270 , 3-a-side headstock , you 've got , I want it for a reasonable price . |
| 6 | I remember the excitement and relief I felt when I read it for the first time as a very young nun . |
| 7 | I enjoyed it for a few weeks but then went to Stanley . ’ |
| 8 | Well I stuck it for a long time , Di went to sleep and I got out and I had a look and I , the only thing that I could see , and it was two o'clock , half past two this morning , er the er the one side of the big house over there was full of lights , they had all the lights on and there were two cars outside with their lights on . |
| 9 | ‘ I heard it for the first time on Saturday morning . ’ |
| 10 | I flew it for the first time to Dupage Airport to replace the ninety-channel radio with a 720-channel unit , then on to Janesville , Wisconsin , for paint work and a new headliner . |
| 11 | It required absolutely no breaking in and I wore it for the first time on a nine hour Scottish hill day during the May heatwave in complete comfort . |
| 12 | That is where I spilled vodka on it the day I wore it for the first time . ’ |
| 13 | The following is a typical example of the character of the RAF as I saw it for the first time about a couple of months after I got to Baghdad . |
| 14 | I use it for a wide sleeve gathered in at the bottom and I have knitted the main part of the garment with a 2x1 welt . |
| 15 | " I know you come over a little shy when I talk about you this way , Chuck , but I do it for a good reason , " continued the senator , lighting a Havana cigar with elaborate care . |
| 16 | He said it 's my fault ; but I did it for the best . ’ |
| 17 | I denied it for a long time because I was so determined to make this marriage work , but the reality was that we did n't really care for each other any more , or at least somewhere among all the battles our love had been well and truly buried . |
| 18 | ‘ Well , like , ten minutes ago , because I need it for the next programme . ’ |
| 19 | I said I wanted it for an amateur production of James Saunders A Scent of Flowers — a play I knew well and which required a coffin to be positioned downstage during the entire action . |
| 20 | He started typing and found himself enjoying it for the first time for years . |
| 21 | when they 've got to do the road or something they want somebody to do it for the three weeks or |
| 22 | Now , while Anna slept , she read it for the tenth time . |
| 23 | Short of battering him on the head with a blunt instrument — the thought held immense appeal , and she savoured it for a long moment , before reluctantly putting it on hold — she could n't come up with any way out of the present situation . |
| 24 | This majestic sight , glimpsed through undulating woldland patchwork , or from the flatter marshland , entices all strangers who behold it for the first time to come and investigate the town further ; to discover its rich history and its modern enchantment . |
| 25 | to , to erm to try and remember what it was like when you read it for the first time . |
| 26 | After the death of old Daniel , the five year lease was carried on by old Smythe who renewed it for a further term of two years though at a lower rental . |
| 27 | Thus , if in a set of decimals to be compared , the longest one really is the smallest , it will attract such pupils when they are asked to pick out the smallest as well as those who select it for the correct reason . |
| 28 | and then if you needed it for the further education you could use it |
| 29 | She told magistrates that she had been into town and was late getting the car back home to her parents who needed it for an important appointment . |
| 30 | I could let you have it for a few months until you get sorted out . ’ |