Example sentences of "[vb past] it [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The grocer had a grinder somewhere , and his wife unearthed it , dusted it down and plugged it in for me . |
| 2 | They moved it out for something reason so I had occasion to look at it more closely . |
| 3 | She constructed back : You know what I am , and so do I. There , the blackened wrecks of meanings , that 's me , and you know it because you built it back for me . |
| 4 | Rumour had it the owner of the Gazi burned it down for the insurance money . |
| 5 | So er , anyway I booked it in for in morning . |
| 6 | they booked it in for you and somebody said this is reserved and they forgot to take it off your |
| 7 | Still , I had an overseas news radio set and sometimes at dusk when I turned it on for the BBC overseas news , the light on its dial welcomed me like a beacon from home . |
| 8 | On February 1 , 1941 Yamamoto showed his plan to Rear Admiral Takijiro Onishi , Chief of Staff of the 11th Air Fleet , he turned it over for study to his most able commander , Minoru Genda . |
| 9 | I turned it off for you . |
| 10 | Hankin added : ‘ We received a biggish bid for a youngster , but I turned it down for the benefit of the future of Darlington . ’ |
| 11 | He went and fetched it up for me . |
| 12 | There was about a quarter of the bottle left , and Edward poured it out for both of them . |
| 13 | Yes it erm you know , Martin 's done well , he 's got up and just nodded it down for Andy and erm he 's took it well ; a little touch and he 's just finished it very well , so you know , I 'm pleased for him . |
| 14 | This was about a year before I joined John Mayall and in fact the band I was in , The Crusaders , had a gig there after they opened it up for rock'n'roll . |
| 15 | Last year 's budget debacle , in which Mr Brown and Mr Wilson slugged it out for 64 days , took all the state 's politicians to new lows in popularity . |
| 16 | CROAT and government forces slugged it out for parts of central and southwestern Bosnia yesterday , sending waves of bedraggled Muslim refugees fleeing eastward . |
| 17 | They read somewhat strangely , as if I had imagined the whole thing , or cooked it up for an April Fool joke . |
| 18 | ‘ I figured it out for meself , Mam . ’ |
| 19 | You did , stuck it up for her ? |
| 20 | I stuck it out for about an hour , and then could not stand another minute . |
| 21 | And all four of them discovered the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and his brand of Transcendental Meditation — and took it seriously enough to fly to India and study at his feet in Rishikesh ( John and George stuck it out for two months , Paul for one and a homesick Ringo for only ten days ) . |
| 22 | Barron 's case is based mainly on these elements : [ 1 ] Immediately after the crash some members of Gravier 's family came from Mexico City to the site to identify his body and rushed it off for cremation . |
| 23 | and they grassed it over for a children 's pre pre playground , now they want to turn it back , and extend the car park . |
| 24 | He winced as she dabbed disinfectant on the cut and covered it up for him . |
| 25 | A few other pilots have flown Lindsey 's Corsair — Ray and Mark Hanna of the Old Flying Machine Company , Hoof Proudfoot , Chief Pilot for The Fighter Collection , who flew it out for a display in Ireland this year . |
| 26 | She fluffed it in rehearsal , but pulled it off for the cameras . |
| 27 | I worked it out for myself . ’ |
| 28 | And we asked them to tie it up , the lads made a bloody job I think they tied it up for coming round . |
| 29 | She may , for example , lay it down for a few seconds while she opens the entrance to her hole . |
| 30 | She read the Catechism in bed at night , occasionally sighing ; she would turn towards Bernard and her long hair — she wore it up for work , half-down in the home , fully down in bed — would fall over her face , over her white shoulder . |