Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [verb] it for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was as if the attacking force had drawn back their battering-ram and steadied it for one final assault . |
| 2 | The International Herald Tribune of April 28 reported that the US government had for more than two years had evidence that Iraq had diverted food purchased under a US$5,500 million aid programme and exchanged it for Soviet-made arms in Jordan , Turkey and the Soviet Union , including nuclear technology according to a confidential US document dated Oct. 13 , 1989 . |
| 3 | It would be interesting to know , however , whether the intensity of the debate at the time served to sear the official mind and closed it for many years afterwards to consideration of an alternative policy for sterling which substantially reduced its international role . |
| 4 | The bewitchment , if any , had evaporated as soon as those black eyes had extinguished that first interested glance and substituted it for one of rampant dislike . |
| 5 | On average , says the study , buying a share at its initial offering and holding it for three years yielded a total return ( dividends plus capital growth ) of just 8% . |
| 6 | Now you can take any icon and use it for other Window programs including your own ! |
| 7 | He had originally intended to polish up the wood and sell it for five shillings , but when he was fortunate enough to obtain the gramophone he realised he should repair the machine and install it in the cabinet . |
| 8 | Gain-up does tend to make the picture look rather grainy , though , so it is best to look on it as a last resort and reserve it for those times when a grainy picture is better than no picture at all . |
| 9 | If there was a very large output , perhaps from some other part of the world , and buyers would offer only a lower price , such as £110 per tonne , the EEC either paid their farmers the difference , of £16 , or bought the surplus grain and stored it for future use . |
| 10 | an old tank yeah , so that they can save the water and use it for other things . |
| 11 | Livingston was quoted as saying he was given the supplement drink by a friend and took it for three weeks before the Games , not knowing it contained the steroid. — PA |
| 12 | And it was , it was about two hundred pounds a night and got it for ten pounds a night . |
| 13 | The more effort that has to be put into these component skills , the less processing space there is for monitoring the procedure — i.e. , taking the message as a cognitive object and scrutinizing it for possible inconsistencies . |
| 14 | I returned it to the centre and exchanged it for another kit which also gave me a zero reading . |
| 15 | Other liabilities can only pass with the consent of the other parties involved , but the acquirer can discharge the liabilities of the offeree and indemnify it for any residual liability . |
| 16 | Lord Hulton was a devotee of May and Baker 's Propamidine Cream and used it for all minor cuts and grazes in his cattle . |
| 17 | They can ship it , National Power can ship it half way across the world and get it for eighteen pound a ton . |
| 18 | So it should n't be that much of a problem but I do recommend erm this weekend , amongst the many other things , to look at the C C Q , or at some time before you go out in the big wide world and do it for real , to look at the C C Q and pull it apart so you know what each box is actually for . |
| 19 | Having grasped the use of silence you now have to quieten your own brain , stop it muttering away to itself about all the things you need to do and may forget , stop it reacting and getting on its high horse when all it needs to do is to absorb information and store it for future reference . |
| 20 | It 's an antique and that bloke 's an antique dealer , he 's come to nick it off the line and flog it for thousands . |
| 21 | Guy Hunt , the Governor of Alabama , was indicted on Dec. 28 by a grand jury in Montgomery on charges of appropriating US$200,000 from his inaugural fund and using it for personal purposes . |
| 22 | UN relief flights to Juba — known as " Operation Lifeline Sudan " — were halted temporarily on July 21 , after Sudanese government troops had boarded a UN plane and used it for one week to transport troops and military equipment . |
| 23 | I often come up with an idea and keep it for later |
| 24 | All that was needed was for someone to take Rowland 's ascetic vision/version of soul fanaticism and commandeer it for political ends . |
| 25 | You have been surrounded by speech and using it for most of your life . |