Example sentences of "he [vb past] it for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This back parlour , Hope thought , as he entered it for the third time that day , is like a little theatre : Act I , Colonel Moore ; Act II , Amaryllis ; Act III |
| 2 | It poured out into the still night and Nuadu shivered , because he knew it for the evil magic of the Dark Ireland ; the ancient , malevolent enchantment of the necromancers . |
| 3 | I 'm sure he meant it for the best — I always told you , he means well — but I have to admit , he 's not an easy man to talk to . |
| 4 | As he said it for the first time a smile flickered across his face , and in that instant his features were totally transformed . |
| 5 | He wrote it for the young men who were dying in the war , but the words may offer a little comfort . |