Example sentences of "he [verb] it for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | he shopped around and he said that he got er I think he says he got it for sixty pound less I think it is , yeah |
| 2 | He studied it for some time and then said : ‘ That 's bad , I 'm afraid . |
| 3 | He followed it for two blocks , in the inside lane , then suddenly cut across the traffic to the centre , executed a left U-turn and returned to the Platz der Einheit . |
| 4 | he enjoyed it for forty years . |
| 5 | It was a debilitating time and he felt he survived it for two reasons — a ‘ rigorous regime ’ , which included a vegetarian diet , and the devoted nursing of his widowed landlady , Sarah Lordore ( or Lardeau ) at his lodgings in Stoke Newington . |