Example sentences of "[be] [verb] it for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd been using it for the Open . |
| 2 | ‘ Often the man is the only breadwinner and without him the family has to rely on state benefits — the social security system can be horrendous if you 're using it for the first time . |
| 3 | If they 're doing it for the right reasons , like the lady over there , a loving couple with a child . |
| 4 | The BBC 's film review programme is 21 years old today — and Barry , 59 , has been presenting it for the last 20 . |
| 5 | His primary task in the short term would be to mobilize it for the regional elections in March . |
| 6 | And on sex he notes : ‘ The older women are best because they always think they may be doing it for the last time . ’ |
| 7 | And on sex he notes : ‘ The older women are best because they always think they may be doing it for the last time . ’ |
| 8 | Before leaving he stood for a moment at the door and let his eyes range round the room as if he were seeing it for the first time . |
| 9 | If you were seeing it for the first time , what impressions would you receive ? |
| 10 | That being so , it is also likely that they were building it for the same military purpose . |
| 11 | She guessed Ursula 's diamond-encrusted eternity ring had inflicted the damage and recalled being shown it for the first time nearly ten years ago . |
| 12 | She made it sound as if she were saying it for the first time . |
| 13 | The expletive sounded strange to the sergeant on Blanche 's lips , as if she were hearing it for the first time . |
| 14 | She stood up and looked round the room as though she were leaving it for the last time . |
| 15 | If , however , he believes in the right to a free and independent trade union , let him grant that right to the employees at the Government communications headquarters , who have been denied it for the past eight years . |
| 16 | O over this election , what you 've got ta do is every night , is if you 're interested is watch it for the first quarter of an hour of the news every night . |
| 17 | She was to keep it for the next three and a half years . |
| 18 | I did think I was doing it for the best . |