Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [verb] it for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Industry was geared up , under Lend Lease , to produce the armaments that would defeat Hitler , and also pull the country finally and forever out of the stagnation that had crippled it for a decade . |
| 2 | Guido took a mouthful of his Cynar and seemed to savour it for a moment . |
| 3 | ( He had in fact put on weight while resting after Alfredo Alfredo , and needed to lose it for the role anyway . |
| 4 | The idea for this one was proposed in 1981 , specifically to boost the early evening weekday audience and help to build it for the rest of the evening . |
| 5 | It was not just that they helped out at the occasional by-election , but that they ‘ pointed to new sources of support whose eventual accommodation , and to new issues whose eventual resolution , would ultimately modify the party itself and help equip it for the challenges of post-war politics ’ . |
| 6 | But there is little likelihood of them giving home advantage to Garvey who have gone 32 games without defeat in the competition and need to win it for a record sixth time on the trot to reach Europe next year . |
| 7 | Applicants were given cash grants , usually no more than £75 , and trusted to use it for the purpose they had proposed - such as buying a bicycle to do a newspaper round , obtaining equipment for a camping trip , or acquiring the wherewithal to learn a new skill or a sport . |
| 8 | You do not need to dip into this money at regular intervals , but wish to retain it for the future . |
| 9 | I have therefore not attempted to consider that point , but have assumed it for the purposes of this judgment … |