Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] it for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I only brought that one down because we have n't seen it for a long time , just choose one |
| 32 | But we have n't done it for the past eighteen months . |
| 33 | ‘ Do n't use it for a few days , and see how it goes . ’ |
| 34 | Her voice sounded rusty , as if she had n't used it for a long time . |
| 35 | He used to have a bottle of whisky a week but he do n't have any now he ai n't had it for a long time has he ? |
| 36 | I think one of the problems is , that a lot of shoppers do n't realize that they 're entering into a contract and we do n't realize it for the simple reason that most people have , as soon as you hear the word contract you have a mental image of a legal document that you sign , do n't you ? |
| 37 | ‘ I did n't believe it for a single moment , darling , ’ she repeated earnestly . |
| 38 | well you could but you could n't sell it for a reasonable price . |
| 39 | I mean I ai n't doing it for a whole week . |
| 40 | One man who took early retirement at 61 thought , at the time , that the advantage of early retirement was ‘ The fact that there are so many young people out of work and I thought I 'd done a lifetime 's work and might as well leave it for the young ones . ’ |
| 41 | And if someone writes in another language , you wo n't get it for a long time . |
| 42 | I 'm not complaining about it , but I say I did n't raise it for the first time |
| 43 | For example , an investor could buy a ten-year bond , hold it for one year and receive the coupon , and then sell it for the current price of a nine-year bond with the same coupon . |
| 44 | He then holed it for a three . |
| 45 | If the Secretary of State is able to give an honest answer at the Dispatch Box , will he tell us that if he genuinely surveys the objections and sees that the vast majority of the people of Ayrshire object to opting out , he will give democratic and fair-minded consideration to the consultative process and , at best , abandon the idea of opting out or at least postpone it for the foreseeable future ? |
| 46 | Sonny , of course , never made it for the final show . |
| 47 | Instead , uncharacteristically , he went and signed up with the Maharishi , paid out £146 , and has never regretted it for a single minute , although in fairness it has to be said that his wife has . |