Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] it for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My sister had a baby about three months ago , and I met it for the first time when I went home . ’ |
| 2 | I remember the excitement and relief I felt when I read it for the first time as a very young nun . |
| 3 | ‘ I heard it for the first time on Saturday morning . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | That is where I spilled vodka on it the day I wore it for the first time . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He said it 's my fault ; but I did it for the best . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Well , like , ten minutes ago , because I need it for the next programme . ’ |
| 10 | He started typing and found himself enjoying it for the first time for years . |
| 11 | when they 've got to do the road or something they want somebody to do it for the three weeks or |
| 12 | Now , while Anna slept , she read it for the tenth time . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | to , to erm to try and remember what it was like when you read it for the first time . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | and then if you needed it for the further education you could use it |
| 17 | The strange fragrance was stronger now , coming over the top of the rise in a wave of scent that struck him powerfully — as the scent of orange-blossom in the Mediterranean strikes a traveller who smells it for the first time . |
| 18 | In fact , as she considered it for the first time , she wondered how any of them had survived to tell the tale . |
| 19 | No matter how worthwhile a project seems we attack it for the hidden and sinister purposes behind it . |
| 20 | Well , can I propose we try it for the next three meetings , and |
| 21 | Has anybody read it for the first time for this course ? |
| 22 | If the Government can do it for the Bosnians , why ca n't they do it for the homeless ? |
| 23 | They won it for the outstanding service that they had given two clients , Comfort Cooling and PSA . |
| 24 | Last season they won it for the second year in succession with some ease , and without their players being seriously extended . |
| 25 | Yeah , and then from that they 've now got these fucking things that show the direction , the sign , the speed and oh its incredible sonar 's been going longer than radar , but only just we were the world leader 's now , I mean we cos we , cos we preserve fuel , we knew exactly , they left it for the last minute to get up there and intercept them . |
| 26 | ‘ Maybe they buy it for the wrong reason ; they can get a lot of research they would otherwise not carry out . |
| 27 | ‘ Maybe they buy it for the wrong reason ; they can get a lot of research they would otherwise not carry out . |
| 28 | This back parlour , Hope thought , as he entered it for the third time that day , is like a little theatre : Act I , Colonel Moore ; Act II , Amaryllis ; Act III |
| 29 | ‘ Johnny rang me and he said my photograph was awfully good and could he use it for the front cover of Backward Glances , ’ Mr Winner tells me . |
| 30 | The co-existence of opposite feelings experienced by a spectator during a performance of tragedy is shared by the tragic artist himself Despite the pleasure he finds in appearances , he negates it for the higher satisfaction of their destruction . |