Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] it for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The assistant changed the battery and told me to monitor it for a week for any problems . |
| 2 | I made it for a dancer ( Nijinsky ) who can soar like a spirit , but who has the strength to dance with the Wilis [ as in Giselle ] and live to dance again . ’ |
| 3 | And I fought it for a long time and I wanted to get kick-started back to where I was before , because I felt under a cloud . |
| 4 | ‘ Then I sold it for a Telecaster , which I hated , because the Tele did n't have any knobs ; it was a real simple guitar and I did n't like it , so I bought a Les Paul and I loved it . |
| 5 | I sold it for a reasonable price . |
| 6 | ‘ I did n't know at the time it had been in the Quakers boardroom but it was a good , handmade , solid oak table and I got it for a reasonable price , ’ he said . |
| 7 | EPIPHONE ET-270 , 3-a-side headstock , you 've got , I want it for a reasonable price . |
| 8 | My father said the 17-horse power would use too much petrol , but it gave me a year 's pleasure before I swopped it for an A30 van . |
| 9 | I needs it for a wager on the Brasseywing . ’ |
| 10 | The smoke sort of hangs in blue layers above the bed and I watch it for a bit . |
| 11 | There 's a fag end on the ground by my eye and I watch it for a bit . |
| 12 | I enjoyed it for a few weeks but then went to Stanley . ’ |
| 13 | Well I stuck it for a long time , Di went to sleep and I got out and I had a look and I , the only thing that I could see , and it was two o'clock , half past two this morning , er the er the one side of the big house over there was full of lights , they had all the lights on and there were two cars outside with their lights on . |
| 14 | I watched it for a day or two , then they sent me out of that part of the house , because they knew I was watching what went on . |
| 15 | ‘ I knew it for a bird at once . ’ |
| 16 | It was this last that gave him pause , for , he was to say , ‘ Although I had no knowledge of it — that place where the Twelve Judges sit — I believed that I had long since dreamed it , and I knew it for a place of great finality and immense power . |
| 17 | I try it for a bit — you know , pretending that I 'm all frozen , but someone on a bike comes down the path and I got to move to get out the way . |
| 18 | I try it for a bit , thinking real hard about walking . |
| 19 | ‘ I use it for a couple of songs every night , but because I do n't use effects — I just plug into an amp — I always use different guitars to get different tones . |
| 20 | I use it for a wide sleeve gathered in at the bottom and I have knitted the main part of the garment with a 2x1 welt . |
| 21 | I took it for a continuation . |
| 22 | Then she held out her hand to me , and I took it for a second . |
| 23 | in fact , I took it for a taxi up here from there went to pit club , we had one in pit club and a game of bingo , went to Peacock we had one in Peacock and eat our sandwich . |
| 24 | so it er , it were running alright then , and er I took it for a spin I went round the block , up Robin Hood Way |
| 25 | Yeah I 'd considered buying it and all that , you know it do n't take five minutes you know , and I took it for a test drive |
| 26 | " I know you come over a little shy when I talk about you this way , Chuck , but I do it for a good reason , " continued the senator , lighting a Havana cigar with elaborate care . |
| 27 | I organised it for a boys ’ club . |
| 28 | Richard believes his playing at matches inspires the team and he said : ‘ I did it for a laugh at the first home game but now it 's taken off . |
| 29 | I told you I did it for a bet . ’ |
| 30 | I did it for a bet — with one of my uncles , his side being that I would n't stick to anything — and because it seemed as good a way as any of getting away from home , but I was not uninterested and I have not forgotten my subject . ’ |