Example sentences of "[vb infin] it for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You could buy it for fifty ! |
| 2 | I would n't buy it for four hundred . |
| 3 | If , like me , you love the country , maybe one way you can help preserve it for future generations is to stay away from it . |
| 4 | You could fairly smell it for far enough . |
| 5 | Would you watch it for three hours ? |
| 6 | ‘ I did not bring it for that purpose , ’ said Andrus hoarsely . |
| 7 | Er that was n't er on competition though , th that was er an Intercity job which Birmingham said they could do it for that figure . |
| 8 | ( The French , being Socialist , have to train girls to cook , but being chauvinists , only let males do it for real . |
| 9 | But I mean if the Townswomen 's Guild can do it for cheaper why ca n't we ? |
| 10 | You have to be very patient , you wan na try and look at a situation where they might wan na do it for five , ten , 15 , 20 years . |
| 11 | So you , you said you could do it for five p a copy ? |
| 12 | Well you see we 're a bit further from home now and if we can do it for five days , great , we have n't |
| 13 | ‘ I could do it for thirteen . |
| 14 | I 'm only gon na do it for two days . |
| 15 | No we could , we could do it for all jobs cos |
| 16 | we could do it for all jobs , and see , that 's what I saying , I mean , we 've got |
| 17 | I can do it for one minute twenty seconds . |
| 18 | Er it 's a fifty percent uptake but it co and he says , Do n't you can ch you can just do it for six months of the Year . |
| 19 | , well the job 's worth more than ninety quid , I said , I do n't do it for ninety quid ! |
| 20 | And er so he comes round and he says er why wo n't you do it for ninety quid ? |
| 21 | Sort of , you 've got your health knock out sixty seventy , right we can do it for another year . |
| 22 | Yeah , we 'll do it for three months |
| 23 | He 'd do it for ten quid , let alone for this little lot . ’ |
| 24 | It just makes you feel good because you kid yourself they 'd do it for free anyway . ’ |
| 25 | We do not do it for any other aspect of our social existence . |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't do it for any reason of self . ’ |
| 27 | We do n't do it for any other section of society , and these people are not poor . |
| 28 | But it was not vulgarity , just rudery — and he would do it for some very distinguished people we had on the set sometimes . ’ |
| 29 | He was delighted , said he would mark it for immediate release to the newspapers under the Branch Secretary 's name . |
| 30 | ‘ I hope we can reach agreement with China and that , where we have disagreements , they wo n't poison our relationship right across the board — certainly wo n't poison it for all time , ’ said Mr Patten . |