Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] it for the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The fact that it was profoundly a work of synthesis was obviously much less important at first , and may even seem not very important now , as one settles down to enjoy it for the first or umpteenth time . |
| 2 | It was a new Fender Strat , bought from a shop on Shaftsbury Avenue in February ‘ 62 , and yes , I wish I still had it , but only to sell it for the large sums they fetch now ! |
| 3 | Information having the necessary quality of confidence which is supplied by one party of a contract to another for the purpose of enabling that other to perform a contract will usually be subject to an obligation of confidence so that the recipient may only use it for the purpose of that contract . |
| 4 | and they 're only saying it for the sake of keeping going . |
| 5 | I was only doing it for the money . ’ |
| 6 | He smiled tenderly , and the knowledge that he was only doing it for the benefit of anyone who might be watching sliced deep into the very heart of her . |
| 7 | Well this is alright , but we 're only doing it for the beneficiaries int you ? |
| 8 | The 44-year-old composer said : ‘ When they let me know they could not afford to pay more than £6 million , I realised we had to step in to save it for the nation . |
| 9 | I only meant it for the best . |
| 10 | So keep it for the end and keep it for when you 've not only done all the questions but had a quick check through to see have |
| 11 | ‘ I only stole it for the wire , ’ she said , ‘ but now we 've got it I suppose we might as well drink it . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ You think we just built it for the tourists ? ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ I am not saving it for the Tour de France . |
| 15 | The odds cited above would have given little comfort to the man in Kurunagala who , during a rash of cattle thefts , had to pay a ransom for the same animal seven times before finally selling it for the paltry sum of two rupees . |
| 16 | The hair on his face was untrimmed , and his nose had spread with drinking , but the weather-hard skin was not the skin of a drunkard , and if the hair on his temples was thinning , you could not see it for the leather fillet he wore . |
| 17 | ‘ I ‘ m not doing it for the money . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm not doing it for the money , ’ said the new Bob . |
| 19 | Th we must be able to learn from this period , particularly a partial austerity mm but these events are sound events in themselves and that we 're not just doing it for the sake of the sponsor or attracting a sponsor and that it 's not , in itself , completely necessary to have a sponsor otherwise the competition would n't exist . |
| 20 | And they 're not just doing it for the money because , you know , if you just sort of give them a mundane task like trolleys for example , they 're banging on the door , you know , when can I get off this , when am I going to get some responsibility . |
| 21 | Just doing it for the week . |
| 22 | Yes , oh aye , aye , just use it for the month Charlie and then , and then in the bucket , do n't keep using it after that . |
| 23 | It is crucial not to repeat it for the surprise will be gone and all the children will be looking for is the method . |
| 24 | Let's just leave it for the moment , let's just leave it for the moment . |
| 25 | Let's just leave it for the moment , let's just leave it for the moment . |
| 26 | They scarcely left it for the next two weeks , their passion putting her dreams to shame . |
| 27 | It is said that there is a spell within the music , and that they always spin it for the true heir , and that it protects that heir throughout his life . |
| 28 | If , as naïve young hunters , they attacked a brightly coloured prey , bit it and started to chew it , only to discover that it had a foul taste or a poisonous secretion , they would probably remember it for the rest of their lives . |
| 29 | And a and also , I mean , it was , and it was a Panasonic one this , erm what you do , if you were doing a jacket top potato , you er would weigh the potato and , and then erm put in the weight , say it was six ounces , and all you do then is press erm jacket potato , you do n't have to put any time , it automatically does it for the time . |
| 30 | Although she has been teaching now for some eight years , on and off , although she enjoys it , feels she is good at it , and would like to go on doing it for the rest of her life if possible , she always feels a twinge of anxiety at the beginning of a new term . |