Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] it for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Machinery unfit to do I 've stopped it for that . |
| 2 | Agreeing with other councillors that someone might be able to find a use for such items , especially now that cast iron baths are now in fashion , the chairman wondered if someone might consider using it for horses . |
| 3 | The film we 're going to see is Flatliners , and Denice tells us she 's been dying to see it for ages . |
| 4 | I hit one six and then instead of just trying to hit a single from the next I tried to hit it for four and was out . |
| 5 | They 're ideal if you just want to lose it for a couple of hours , but try not to get hooked . |
| 6 | With so much spare cash floating around , it was inevitable that industrious entrepreneurs would pop up to try to claim it for themselves . |
| 7 | It still thinks that by interfering and pouring on more layers of bureaucracy and government it will achieve something that has eluded it for so long and will continue to elude it if it takes that path . |
| 8 | He must need to know it for other reasons . |
| 9 | I want to write it for live musicians of both sexes . |
| 10 | Steffi Graf has won it for six of the last seven years , picking up a cheque for around £45,000 for her latest victory in October . |
| 11 | His tousled hair gave him an appealingly boyish appearance , and Robbie found herself aching to smooth it for him , to run her fingers over the dark stubble on his cheeks . |
| 12 | Before beginning to investigate a complaint , the Commissioner will tell the complainant and the member that he has accepted it for investigation . |
| 13 | If you leave your gear on stage , you may find that someone else has moved it for you , and they wo n't be as careful as you . |
| 14 | A good abstract painting is an experiment I do n't have to conduct because someone has done it for me . |
| 15 | A good abstract painting is an experiment I do n't have to conduct because someone has done it for me . |
| 16 | John Major has made one for citizens , British Rail has done it for their passengers , the banks have formulated one for their customers and now the JS distribution division has done it for the branches . |
| 17 | John Major has made one for citizens , British Rail has done it for their passengers , the banks have formulated one for their customers and now the JS distribution division has done it for the branches . |
| 18 | Sainsburys is er the very one that has done it for years ! |
| 19 | He and Peter have always been good friends and David is the type of lad that once he 's made friends with someone , he has made it for life , ’ says Brian Gedge . |
| 20 | ‘ We know that the semi-final is important , and every one of us wants to win it for the manager , but we have got to approach every game in the same way . |
| 21 | If she has had it for a few years , there will be another bonus in that it will mature before the end of your mortgage term , saving thousands in extra interest payments . |
| 22 | ‘ Many British and American tourists feel that they have connections with some part of Scottish history and they want to experience it for themselves . ’ |
| 23 | Over the years , he has used it for many successful d-i-y projects . |
| 24 | The other member , who might have been expected to buy it for his own son , a young man recently qualified in law , did not at first do so ; he said business was unreliable , there were not enough clients , the reputation of the firm had been allowed to run down . |
| 25 | Your embassy has promised it for tomorrow . ’ |
| 26 | Her nose is all cold and wet and I want to wipe it for her , but I do n't . |
| 27 | Another scale of wholesale charges for unused equipment is also useful for people who like a particular product so much that they genuinely want to buy it for themselves , albeit at a preferential rate . |
| 28 | Choosing the right bike for you depends on what you want to use it for . |
| 29 | The cost of weapons often means they are in potentially short supply , all the more so because once commanders find that a weapon works , they want to use it for everything . |
| 30 | That 's what I want to use it for . |