Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] it for " in BNC.
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| 1 | This had covered the blotter so that he had really only seen it for a short time . |
| 2 | Clutterbuck ceased to work the mill during the latter half of the 1840s , for by 1847 it had been leased to a paper-maker , Frederick Wiggins , who apparently only operated it for a few years . |
| 3 | Geoff Butterwick , public transport manager for Suffolk County Council , said : ‘ We 've only had it for a few weeks but it 's already proving useful and I 'm sure it will make life a lot easier . |
| 4 | They 've all bought it for nothing . ’ |
| 5 | I have just done it for the only time in the 23,400,000 minutes of my life so far , and I doubt if I 'll do it again , so call these odds one in 25 million . |
| 6 | you 've just done it for there . |
| 7 | If they have not seen it for themselves then it can not be true . |
| 8 | Yes , but I did it for him fo , I I 've already done it for him once , I picked up exactly what he wanted , I delivered it to him and now he 's changed his mind and but I 'm not in the business to supply things , I 'm not a supp shop ! |
| 9 | ‘ She 's just noticed she 's not had it for a week or so . ’ |
| 10 | I find it in the unlikeliest places , many of which had not sold it for at least 25 years . |
| 11 | Of those firms which did possess such a strategy , a quarter had not reviewed it for more than two years , making it only mildly effective . |
| 12 | You 've just confirmed it for me . ’ |
| 13 | The mothers used cotton wool for cosmetic purposes because they had already purchased it for child and babycare , and it is to hand . |
| 14 | She said , somebody 's always done it for me . |
| 15 | " Why — Martha , girl — I 've always taken it for granted that you and me would — would - " |
| 16 | Because she had been fond of Simon in a sisterly way — as a much older sister — she had always taken it for granted that the affection he had shown her in return had been brotherly , with maybe a spot of heroine worship thrown in . |
| 17 | She has since packed it for other tours . |
| 18 | Customs successfully assessed it for VAT on the payment ( supply ) because the time of supply was the date of receipt in 1991 . |
| 19 | Industrial Light is currently using an Alias system to create computer-generated dinosaurs for Steven Spielberg 's upcoming Jurassic Park film and has also used it for commercials . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've provisionally arranged it for tomorrow , ’ Veronica answered . |
| 21 | We 've had a good festival this year with no major incidents at all , and this has really spoilt it for everybody . |
| 22 | The book sold so well locally that she 's now published it for sale countrywide ; available from WH Smith , Sherratt & Hughes and Waterstone 's bookshops or direct from Barbara Geere at 15 Stamford Drive , Bromley , Kent BR2 0XF ( 081–460 3646 ) , priced £2.30 ( inc p&p ) . |
| 23 | Have n't heard it for years . |
| 24 | not for that , I have n't heard it for that cos I 've heard |
| 25 | You have n't owned it for over a year . |
| 26 | The reason I say it 's , it 's , the system 's too old to go back to the Japs and say get this sorted out , rewrite the software because they 're just gon na say not likely we have n't made it for ten years , or whatever seven or eight years or whatever it is , it 's out of date , they 're not gon na start working on the system that 's that old all they 'll want to do is to sell you a new one |
| 27 | It 's eight now and Mr Vigo has n't seen it for years . |
| 28 | There is nothing worse than being told ‘ Yes , we had a lovely book all about the fête we held for the coronation , but I have n't seen it for some years . |
| 29 | But she , watching him , was surprised that he had n't seen it for himself . |
| 30 | I have n't seen it for sixty year . ’ |