Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] it for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there were plenty of beautiful and recognisable faces to be seen amongst the anonymous , but none-the-less powerful , fashion editors , still enough buying power in this room alone to rock empires , even if no house made a profit from the couture but rather used it for a loss-leading advertisement and a mark of prestige . |
| 2 | It looked tall but I only saw it for a moment . ’ |
| 3 | Blyth Tait says that the last time he won the top spot from Mary he only kept it for a week and is hoping to hang onto it for longer this time . |
| 4 | Only had it for a few months . |
| 5 | He would have returned it , of course , he only wanted it for a painting . |
| 6 | I only wanted it for a |
| 7 | ‘ But I reckon they just mistook it for a runway . |
| 8 | fourteen or I had a sixteen overhead cam Cortina engine sitting up the blokes just swapped it for a two litre cos he wanted some more go . |
| 9 | I just did it for a laugh . |
| 10 | No I just did it for a laugh cos I want , I want everyone to know the most interesting language in the world which is part of my language is n't it ? |
| 11 | He always did it for a while and then just let it ride to see what happened , but all of a sudden ( it 's amazing — I 've seen it happen several times ) he gets out of bed one morning and says , ‘ Right , I 'm going to do something about it — it 's not moving fast enough for me ’ . |
| 12 | That bloke probably took it for a ride he said . |
| 13 | Fuqua Industries first estimated the cost of capital for the corporate group using CAPM principles and then modified it for a division by reference to fourteen key risk elements . |
| 14 | Melcarek and Brown then used it for a study of the effects of chill stress on both prompt and delayed fluorescence . |
| 15 | THE French count who is to marry the Princess of Wales ' stepmother , Raine , Countess of Spencer , said yesterday he felt ‘ totally abused ’ by people who rented his chateau then used it for a porn film . |
| 16 | He actually came into Frankfurt in his hired BMW , then changed it for a Mercedes . |
| 17 | He then holed it for a three . |
| 18 | I never doubted it for a minute , Jane , never . |