Example sentences of "[verb] for it with " in BNC.
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| 1 | So far I 'd managed to avoid giving him the exact address , but now he asked for it with a determined note in his voice — " Just in case I 'm down that way " and I was forced to invent one , praying that he 'd never check up on it . |
| 2 | we foresaw a long downturn back in 1989 and we planned for it with re investment . |
| 3 | Templars , ghosts , curses — and now we shall answer for it with our lives ! ’ |
| 4 | Anselm fought for it with a tenacity which is only explicable if the whole scene which we have briefly surveyed is borne in mind : the primacy was the brightest of the dreams which the monks of Canterbury had inherited from their largely silent , ever-beckoning past , and on this question Anselm fell under the spell of the awe-inspiring tradition which he had helped to preserve . |
| 5 | Test for it with a screwdriver . |
| 6 | I have often looked for it with binoculars , but I have never been able to glimpse it even with × 20 , though my 76-mm refractor brings it out unmistakably , and with my 39-cm reflector I have no trouble in seeing the central star . |
| 7 | I went looking for it with my cousin Peter . " |
| 8 | As Mr Michael Dukakis found to his cost in 1988 , voters equate opposition to the death penalty with being soft on crime , support for it with being tough . |
| 9 | Against that , though , there is a ‘ vast contemporary repertoire — the guitar has come into its own in popularity in this period , and people are now writing for it with a vengeance . |
| 10 | It paid for it with cash of £4m and loan notes of £2.75m — i.e. a promise to pay the £2.75m four years later — and the payment was guaranteed by Ansbacher Bank . |
| 11 | And he paid for it with his life ( 31:8 ) . |
| 12 | She passed on to our agent the name Raphael , though he paid for it with his life . |
| 13 | Oh I think an electric drill it was in the sixties so with the twenty five pounds off it brought it down a bit and I , I paid for it with one cheque so I was n't having it on the weekly er er it worked out I think Vicki gave some of it towards it . |
| 14 | He produced the receipt , Donleavy carefully itemized the equipment on a small yellow legal pad and Coleman signed for it with his code name , Benjamin B. |
| 15 | You might find that the most difficult thing about safer sex is knowing how to negotiate for it with your partner . |
| 16 | Ma is trying to apologise for it with her eyes as she sucks khaki splodges from the sleeve of her cardigan . |
| 17 | Now it 's shrinking and the dye is coming out — look at the water , it 's bright red — you see , you ignore good instructions in your wilfulness and laziness and pride and you pay for it with a ruined skirt . |
| 18 | That the Church in the form in which it was re-established eventually survived the Puritan onslaught was to a large extent due to the philosophical and historical basis which was provided for it with formidable learning by Richard Hooker . |
| 19 | On the third occasion you feel for it with both hands momentarily . |
| 20 | You 're well set for it with Apremont , our famous white wine , our cheeses which include Reblochon , Beaufort and Tomme de Savoie , as well as our delicious Gâteau de Savoie . |
| 21 | Her left elbow was tingling too and as she felt for it with her right hand she found that the sleeve of her blouse had been torn . |
| 22 | Ask for it with a kick and you 'll fly down to the beach . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ But being brought up in a strictly Christian home , I 'm so disgusted with myself I feel I 've got to hide it and atone for it with ‘ good works ’ . ’ |
| 24 | These are the things that they 're having to pay for it with , and the reason being , is the Social Services in this county were a diabolically low level , and people were definitely suffering from it . |
| 25 | It was too tempting a target , and the Zeppelin aimed for it with the last of its deadly cargo , but this time , they overshot the mark . |
| 26 | In his first experience of management Francis imposed continental discipline , diet and training at Loftus Road — and paid for it with his job when some of the players rebelled . |
| 27 | In his first experience of management , the Sheffield Wednesday manager imposed continental discipline , diet and training at Loftus Road — and paid for it with his job when some of the players rebelled . |
| 28 | Had n't they paid for it with their National Insurance stamps , income tax , and rates ? |
| 29 | They influenced kings , plotted for and against the crown , and sometimes paid for it with their lives . ’ |