Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [verb] it for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Who holds it for the Empress ? ’ |
| 2 | He handed the paper to Hawkins , who studied it for a moment , then said : ‘ I know those places marked with an asterisk . |
| 3 | In 1924 his widow sold the dramatic rights of Dracula to Hamilton Deane , who adapted it for the stage ; in 1930 the rights were bought by the Universal Pictures Corporation of Hollywood for $40,000 . |
| 4 | Ever since John Marshall , its first chief justice , discovered that the court had the ability to overturn legislation that did not accord with the constitution , it has been indispensable in bolstering the central tenet of American democracy : that no grant of governmental power to those who exercise it for the time being is limitless . |
| 5 | If we found an object such as a watch upon a heath , even if we did n't know how it had come into existence , its own precision and intricacy of design would force us to conclude that the watch must have had a maker : that there must have existed , at some time , and at some place or other , an artificer or artificers , who formed it for the purpose which we find it actually to answer ; who comprehended its construction , and designed its use . |
| 6 | But yesterday Labour candidate Alan Milburn said : ‘ It was n't Darlington Council who imposed the poll tax on the town or who kept it for a year longer than necessary . |
| 7 | Fishing is also a sport , although the chaps who do it for a livelihood in trawlers are not included in the sporting fraternity . |
| 8 | But I have , I , I 've ever since I 've retired I 've run a performing dance group of men and women erm who do it for a hobby . |
| 9 | ‘ I sometimes wonder what it would be like if Stop The World had had a proper director , who did it for a living . |