Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] it for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd suspected it for some time , but last week had seen it for herself . |
| 2 | She 'd chosen it for that reason — and because it was the colour of wine . |
| 3 | Charles decided to play it for light comedy . |
| 4 | Like many people , however , I decided to leave it for another day . |
| 5 | Certainly , this was the way he needed to present it for domestic consumption , for this new alliance and the concession of territory for military use by a foreign power scarcely seemed consistent with the many hours and column inches he had devoted to demonizing the western democracies and to denouncing the British " occupation " of Gibraltar . |
| 6 | When he handled her breasts they were tender ; she had noticed it for some time . |
| 7 | The paper owner , the local council , had bought it for eventual use as a road , but had no immediate use for it . |
| 8 | Just over half of the teachers claiming to have seen the booklet said they had used it for in-service training in their school . |
| 9 | They could purchase land from owners who refused to sell for development or from builders who wished to retain it for future development . |
| 10 | And eventually they said well the stereotype is basically sort of like the equivalent in litho plate making really said that this was , no of course it is metal , sorry it 's not metal , it is letterpress The Guardian and it is , they make these Nyclopone plates or something and they really wanted to keep it for that reason . |