Example sentences of "they [verb] it for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the Government can do it for the Bosnians , why ca n't they do it for the homeless ? |
| 2 | They won it for the outstanding service that they had given two clients , Comfort Cooling and PSA . |
| 3 | Last season they won it for the second year in succession with some ease , and without their players being seriously extended . |
| 4 | Yeah , and then from that they 've now got these fucking things that show the direction , the sign , the speed and oh its incredible sonar 's been going longer than radar , but only just we were the world leader 's now , I mean we cos we , cos we preserve fuel , we knew exactly , they left it for the last minute to get up there and intercept them . |
| 5 | ‘ Maybe they buy it for the wrong reason ; they can get a lot of research they would otherwise not carry out . |
| 6 | ‘ Maybe they buy it for the wrong reason ; they can get a lot of research they would otherwise not carry out . |