Example sentences of "[v-ing] it for a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If somebody takes a Covermaster plan out at twenty five , we expect them to be paying it for a long time , if he takes it out at fifty five , we expect him to pay less . |
| 2 | The real question in each such case is ‘ Does the patient really mean what he says or is he merely saying it for a quiet life , to satisfy someone else or because the advice and persuasion to which he has been subjected is such that he can no longer think and decide for himself ? ’ |
| 3 | I think the other possibility to take Stella 's point is that if there is a change that 's come up because of an audit , where a particular job has been audited and you know that within the next week or so another similar job is being audited , it may make sense to refer it 'til the next meeting , providing you 're not deferring it for a long period of time , to compar the results of the two jobs . |
| 4 | And the fact that they were doing it for a great deal more money , like Havvie Blaine , rather than for supper and a few pence , did n't make it any better . |
| 5 | Charlie Chaplin 's silent black and white movies captivated the world in the early part of the century … and they 're still doing it for a new generation coming through . |
| 6 | I ca n't see myself doing it for a long time . |
| 7 | Oh I 've been doing it for a long time have n't I ? |
| 8 | that is something that 'd happened all of a sudden , of about four throughout the cou , well three at the time throughout the country have suddenly gone like it within about a month or so of each other , and they 've never had any trouble before , but I was talking to Brian and he said that 's a load of cobblers , he says it 's been doing it for a long time and there 's loads of them doing it . |
| 9 | I mean I ai n't doing it for a whole week . |
| 10 | Tank manufacturer Vickers , for example , is using it for a major contract in Africa . |
| 11 | World champion , and well on the way to winning it for a second time . |
| 12 | In Berry ( No. 2 ) , the applicant , B , had been convicted of making an explosive in circumstances giving rise to the reasonable suspicion that he was not making it for a lawful object . |
| 13 | If it has the Zenith then , if you are leaving it for a long period , try pulling out the choke after it has stopped . |
| 14 | Benny was about to ask why , but before she could , Ace had produced her blaster and was busily setting it for a narrow beam to cut through the door . |
| 15 | It was also announced that the MoD were to optimise the development value of Hullavington , probably offering it for a large housing development . |