Example sentences of "[vb base] it for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And we commence this morning with Lot number one Lot number one is showing to my right here , the ivory carving at fifty pounds at fifty pounds at fifty pounds you want it for fifty pounds , thank you sir , fifty I 've got now , fifty pounds is offered at fifty five at fifty five , sixty , sixty five seventy , seventy five eighty five ninety ninety pounds in the back row at ninety and selling for ninety pounds , any further bids at ninety pounds at ninety pounds . |
| 2 | At fifty pounds , twenty , twenty pounds twenty pounds twenty pounds , no one want it for twenty pounds is bid , thank you , on my right , any advance on twenty ? |
| 3 | No one want it for twenty pounds is bid , thank you , twenty two pounds twenty five twenty five , any more at twenty five ? twenty five ? |
| 4 | Where in previous years these vessels had been purely large fishing vessels loading salted fish into barrels for immediate export to their own ports , now there came great numbers of large factory ships and modern trawlers which could process fish , package it and freeze it for indefinite periods . |
| 5 | Like alcohol or money , it is capable of vast abuse by those who exploit it for financial purposes . |
| 6 | We let it for short terms to captains and such like . ’ |
| 7 | In spring 1978 , Marcella Evaristi had persuaded the Traverse that she and I ought to put a ‘ poetry reading ’ together , and run it for several nights . |
| 8 | ‘ The fishery has been here for over 400 years , so we want to make sure we maintain it for future generations , ’ said Mr Horne . |
| 9 | But we do n't know how long it 'll be , before get any money coming in , and if you go on to family credit , you get it for six months , so that 'll be our wages . |
| 10 | Then the trustees have to decide whether to distribute it or not ; keep it for future expenses and things like that . |
| 11 | an old tank yeah , so that they can save the water and use it for other things . |
| 12 | Spiders use it for all kinds of purposes — making egg-sacs , lining nests , weaving tents for their babies and as safety lines when they jump . |
| 13 | They use it for official purposes and are likely to continue to do so for some considerable while . |
| 14 | But there must be hundreds of little firms all over the country who still use it for special jobs . " |
| 15 | the school was able to save money on non-educational things like waste collection , and then use it for educational items ; and |
| 16 | Other European countries use prison sentencing much less than Britain , and use it for shorter periods of time . |
| 17 | ‘ What , and spoil it for all readers with weak chins ? ’ |
| 18 | Buy a Goblin Steamatic and try it for 30 days . |
| 19 | He had originally intended to polish up the wood and sell it for five shillings , but when he was fortunate enough to obtain the gramophone he realised he should repair the machine and install it in the cabinet . |
| 20 | To make this purée of salt cod , brandir ( stir or crush with energy ) the fish , having first soaked it for at least 24 hours , simmer it for 20 minutes and remove the bones and fins but not the skin . |
| 21 | The ghosts who do want to go haunting , do it for all sorts of different reasons . |
| 22 | ‘ I do it for two reasons , ’ affirms Superia . |
| 23 | Kim was saying , they do it for two weeks ca n't believe they would , the different school though , and then that other chap said that , that , erm |
| 24 | ‘ You know the bad consequence of my laying myself under unnecessary obligation , and you will therefore take care that I only do it for real Friends that I can depend upon , ’ the member of parliament warned . |
| 25 | ‘ We 've been doing M&A for years but do n't have the same profile as others because we do it for private clients who just want to sell a company or buy one . ’ |
| 26 | Well you still do it for three years and ! |
| 27 | You can see that in the faces of those who do it for positive reasons unconnected with ego . |
| 28 | Gain-up does tend to make the picture look rather grainy , though , so it is best to look on it as a last resort and reserve it for those times when a grainy picture is better than no picture at all . |
| 29 | We demand that it changes , we beg of it to alter our lives , we leave it for two hours and assume it will be different when we get back . |
| 30 | if you leave it for two minutes |