Example sentences of "[verb] it for one [noun] " in BNC.

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1 UN relief flights to Juba — known as " Operation Lifeline Sudan " — were halted temporarily on July 21 , after Sudanese government troops had boarded a UN plane and used it for one week to transport troops and military equipment .
2 ‘ I do n't think I really believed it for one second .
3 ‘ I 'm glad to hear that , ’ Claudia said , not believing it for one moment .
4 Which is what I meant to erm tt get on to Chris from the press office B B C Well I 'll give him a bell and just organize it for one day .
5 I can do it for one minute twenty seconds .
6 For example , an investor could buy a ten-year bond , hold it for one year and receive the coupon , and then sell it for the current price of a nine-year bond with the same coupon .
7 Suppose also that an investor intends to buy the share , hold it for one year and then sell it at the end of the year .
8 I do n't believe it for one minute , personally , but this is the , this is the theory , and I 'll explain why I do n't believe it , later .
9 Scrap it for one day .
10 I wore it for one year and that
11 They were allowed to see it for one hour , before it was taken back , and none of them has been able to get hold of it since .
12 People paid 25 roubles to have it for one night .
13 I frequently perform funerals three deep : that is , I do it for one person , who does it for another , who does it for the relatives of the deceased , he being the first person applied to .
14 They wo n't wear it for one minute when I tell them the whole story . ’
15 We 've just been going on timing it for one minute or something .
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