Example sentences of "he [vb past] [verb] it for the " 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 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | But it was as if he had done it for the thrill of it . ’ |
| 8 | But it was as if he had done it for the thrill of it . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |