Example sentences of "[vb past] it [adv prt] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rumour had it the owner of the Gazi burned it down for the insurance money . |
| 2 | Hankin added : ‘ We received a biggish bid for a youngster , but I turned it down for the benefit of the future of Darlington . ’ |
| 3 | A few other pilots have flown Lindsey 's Corsair — Ray and Mark Hanna of the Old Flying Machine Company , Hoof Proudfoot , Chief Pilot for The Fighter Collection , who flew it out for a display in Ireland this year . |
| 4 | She got , and hated , a job in a fruit pulpers in Covent Garden , and would drop in at lunchtimes , and one day , in the absence of anyone else competent to run the switchboard , she took it over for an hour . |
| 5 | She bought some and took it back for the baby , dipping her finger in for the mite to suck . |
| 6 | It was the weekend I bought the Granada , I 'm sure it was when we went away first time I ever took it out for a run . |
| 7 | and er , they sent her er bouquet and a card for her birthday , she was seventy , and she wrote a letter back and she passed it around for every body to read , and there was , in her writing , which was very clear |
| 8 | They showed no sign of brotherly love as they battled it out for the runner-up spot before the record crowd . |
| 9 | I would have had another one on the third day as well , but I gave it up for the opportunity to go rabbiting with the lad who worked for Brian . |
| 10 | The weather God had it in for the night patrol . |
| 11 | ‘ Yeah , I picked it up for a song about twelve years ago . |