Example sentences of "[noun] he [vb past] it for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Small things delighted him ; when Bowler 's mother knitted him a sweater he wore it for a period continuously . |
| 2 | His short-lived journalistic career encompassed the Highland News and then the Cumbernauld News , but after making no headway he swapped it for being a press officer with the Greater Glasgow Passenger Transport Executive . |
| 3 | ‘ Not in so many words , but until a month or two back he took it for granted that the business would come to him . |
| 4 | When the Lord made Sunday he meant it for a day of rest , a day of peace and quiet after the turmoil of the working week . |
| 5 | Entirely without authority he sold it for £75 to Harper , a garage proprietor who was unaware that Searle was not the owner . |