Example sentences of "[vb pp] for the [adj] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | You must be punished for the wicked thing you did ’ ( The Times , 15 September 1991 ) . |
| 2 | If you 're going to , if you 're going to be knocked for something , make sure you 're knocked for the right thing , that 's what you 're really saying . |
| 3 | I do n't know who they are — famous men , dead and living , who 've fought for the right things and created and painted in the right way , and unfamous people I know who do n't lie about things , who try not to be lazy , who try to be human and intelligent . |
| 4 | But the parody was mistaken for the real thing , and the songs made the charts . |
| 5 | John Hurst , the managing director of Deon who make a Ferrari Dino replica , has often had his cars mistaken for the real thing by owners of the genuine article . |
| 6 | If you take that home and read the small print , you 'll find you 're probably not covered for the very things that are going to go wrong . |