Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [verb] it for [num] " 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 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 .
3 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% .
4 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 .
5 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
6 And it was , it was about two hundred pounds a night and got it for ten pounds a night .
7 They can ship it , National Power can ship it half way across the world and get it for eighteen pound a ton .
8 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 .
9 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 .
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