Example sentences of "[vb past] it [vb mod] [vb infin] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The one I selected guaranteed 10 minutes of power backup , but I found it could run for over 20 minutes before it signalled that it was out of storage capacity . |
| 2 | Zena Murray had seen on television that beauty queens used the trick so she figured it would work for her . |
| 3 | Perhaps it decided to stay put and I would n't notice it was there and maybe at the last second it decided it would run for it ! |
| 4 | Indeed one of the main arguments against the televising of Parliament was that it would damage the way the House works , although some thought it would change for the better . |
| 5 | with like a navy stripe and erm an anchor on each side , it 's quite nice cos she 's got , I thought it would do for her holidays |
| 6 | Either because he had the hump or because he thought it would make for a good show he started smashing the footlights one by one . |
| 7 | Some were very angry , they thought it would last for ever ; yes a bit down in the dumps , especially the younger people , some old people looked forward to it . |
| 8 | The fact that your fish has doubled in size since you bought it should speak for itself . |
| 9 | The marriage of James 's son James IV to Margaret Tudor , from which the Stewart claim to the English throne derived , came about more because of pressure from Henry VII than from any Scottish enthusiasm ; and the Treaty of Perpetual Peace which accompanied it would last for no more than eleven years , collapsing because James could not sustain his obligations to both France and England when Henry VIII joined the pope 's grotesquely named Holy League against France . |
| 10 | Did you drink it ? or Arthur drank it will look for the referent of it among liquids . |
| 11 | Mount Charlotte already has detailed planning consent for 230,000 sq ft of offices and a 270-bedroom hotel , but Robert Peel , group chief executive , said it might apply for planning consent to create one big office development of 300,000 or 400,000 sq ft . |
| 12 | FRANCE yesterday said it would plan for possible European Community retaliation against Washington if the US imposed its threatened tariffs on some European luxury products . |
| 13 | Faced with a collapsing economy and the prospect of becoming the major player in a new government next year , the ANC 's national executive committee said it would call for an end to economic sanctions as soon as there was agreement with the government on dates for an all-racial election and for the establishment of an interim government of national unity . |