Example sentences of "we [vb past] [pers pn] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 We asked him for general news .
2 We got it for four pound fifty .
3 So when we set out to develop our new Panasonic brand AT compatible personal computer , we designed it for maximum versatility .
4 But in her case we allowed it for obvious reasons . ’
5 But Hampshire are top of the table and we outplayed them for two days . ’
6 He wanted five per cent , we settled it for three point seven five .
7 The target was demonstrably stronger than the signal from the 24-cm calibration sphere , and we tracked it for 68 seconds , in which time it seemed to dive from 69 m to 114 m ( a speed of0–8 m/s or just under 3 km/h ) .
8 We took it for forensic tests . ’
9 The battledress was very good , I mean the army seemed to wore it all that time so er we had it for several years and we had to press that every day , thick material , very heavy .
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