Example sentences of "and it [verb] [pers pn] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I found the way here when I was a boy , and it spoils you for the human world . |
| 2 | Once again , having selected the fax as the print device , you ‘ print ’ to it and it asks you for the address details . |
| 3 | We all do things together and it lifted us for the game on Saturday . |
| 4 | We want satisfaction , we want completeness in life , and so we try this and it gives it for a moment , but when it 's finished we 've got ta try something else . |
| 5 | Paintings erm have the power to take you back in time , I can look at a painting and remember something that 's happened yesterday or years and years ago and as a small child , looking at this painting I remembered as a small child seeing for the first time erm the sea dipping into er , sorry the sun dipping into , into the sea and being horrified I was convinced that the heat of the sun would boil the oceans and the world dry and it reminded me for an awful lot of my childhood and I 'm sure if I 'd seen this painting years ago it would of persuaded me otherwise , erm this is called In A Days Work Satisfaction in a days work , chosen not given , eating the laxed food , face turned to steer a sun , making cloth into a gown and giving colour to the side of a boat |
| 6 | I did n't want to accept defeat , to acknowledge that there was nothing I — nor anyone else — could do to help , ’ Ace replied , and it silenced her for a moment , as perhaps it was meant to do . |