Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] it for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Juliet wondered if he 'd re-stocked it for the occasion . |
| 2 | He decided to wear it for the rest of his life . |
| 3 | ( He had in fact put on weight while resting after Alfredo Alfredo , and needed to lose it for the role anyway . |
| 4 | They undertook to do it for the whole of the Caldmore area did they ? |
| 5 | But it was as if he had done it for the thrill of it . ’ |
| 6 | But it was as if he had done it for the thrill of it . ’ |
| 7 | The other girls , knowing quite well that she had done it for the benefit of one Geoffrey A. Machin , were shocked and admiring , but the convention restrained them from expressing either shock or admiration . |
| 8 | They had done it for the joy of creating , without having to look over their shoulder at the censor . |
| 9 | He had been found asleep on the floor of a taxi outside a night club and claimed he had hired it for the evening as his bedroom . |
| 10 | He had been paid for by his country of origin — reared and raised as capitalist underdevelopment had willed it for the labour markets of Europe . ’ |
| 11 | Applicants were given cash grants , usually no more than £75 , and trusted to use it for the purpose they had proposed - such as buying a bicycle to do a newspaper round , obtaining equipment for a camping trip , or acquiring the wherewithal to learn a new skill or a sport . |