Example sentences of "[vb infin] it [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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1 | I would n't expect it to compete for the funnel-web spider ‘ small but deadly ’ award in the same way that a Mesa Boogie .22 could , but look at the price difference and you 'll appreciate why . |
2 | it just stopped short of the window , well no it was quite short you know , you could just see it aiming for the window , luckily it was plugged in |
3 | In that case could you keep it going for a while if you 're out of a job ? |
4 | But I said to Brian , if we can have it say for a Saturday , and make sure you do it in one day . |
5 | Hosepiping the camera back and forth is a bad technique : it makes the audience feel giddy and will soon have it heading for the way out . |
6 | I take the view that , having regard to the recitals and to the terms of the order , one can read into the order itself the element of compromise , but again I do not think it is important for the decision of this case ; because the compromise , if compromise it was , was between the plaintiffs and Jack Bernardout , and I do not think it enures for the benefit of Joseph Bernardout , the defendant in these proceedings . |
7 | Do n't think it matters for a . |
8 | Buying a floorcovering is a major investment , so naturally you 'll want it to last for a reasonable length of time . |
9 | To think he would let it fold for the sake of enormous personal gain is , quite frankly , ludicrous . |
10 | No more can x be " something which stands for a number " since one could equally well imagine it standing for a matrix or even the differential operator |