Example sentences of "he [vb past] [verb] it for [art] " 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 | If he did not initially envisage independence for black Africa , it is difficult to believe that he did envisage it for the départements of French Algeria . |
| 4 | His reasons were all based on his search for Rectitudo in mind and will , as he had sought it for the past thirty years . |
| 5 | He had mistaken it for an ashtray and I watched from the back seat as he painstakingly flicked his ash on to the small pile of dead matches and cigarette ends that he 'd accumulated in the bowl of the vent . |
| 6 | Not for the first time she wondered how on earth her father had persuaded the children to call him ‘ Gamps ’ and decided that he had done it for the sole purpose of driving her mad . |
| 7 | Maurin interjected that he had done it for the best , that he suspected she would spread silly gossip and it was sensible to keep her away from the English journalist . |
| 8 | But it was as if he had done it for the thrill of it . ’ |
| 9 | But it was as if he had done it for the thrill of it . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |