Example sentences of "[vb infin] it for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wo n't need it for a bit if this weather goes on . |
| 2 | We do n't need it for the expansion of our race ; indeed , it 's inimical to orderly civilization . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'll need it for the bike when we arrive . |
| 4 | Just a , the thing wear just a black sweater with it , the thing is now , he 's gon na need it for the football matches in he , a suit ? |
| 5 | We could introduce it for a trial period , we could |
| 6 | I did I did n't doubt it for a minute , I thought I know this |
| 7 | ‘ I do n't doubt it for a moment . ’ |
| 8 | Oh their life 's can be totally wrecked , I do n't doubt it for a moment . |
| 9 | Er what I actually mean is whenever you have an idiom , you can substitute in the position of a whole sentence or of a verb phrase , but you ca n't substitute it for a subject and a verb , leaving the object of the sentence intact . |
| 10 | You ca n't beat it for a breath of fresh air — wing walking . |
| 11 | wan na borrow it for a night do n't you ? |
| 12 | If I had a kid , I 'd maroon it for the afternoon , on a lilo anchored several feet away with waterproof crayons and wax paper to draw on . |
| 13 | No man , however enslaved to beauty , would ever carry it for a woman . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'll date it for the day after tomorrow , if that 's OK ? ’ |
| 15 | I think the only other way of doing it is n't it is to say we wo n't do it for every course initially . |
| 16 | And you can do it for a fraction of the price and without finding yourself on first-name-terms with your local AA recovery team . |
| 17 | have ever gone into nursing now because she said I would n't do it for a grant . |
| 18 | The car would do it for a minute or two . |
| 19 | In order to teach potential students the value of laundry work you make them do it for a while . |
| 20 | No I think , I reckon that if you knew that the bloke was an easy pull , they would n't do it if they , if they knew they could n't get the girl cos otherwise it would be embarrassing for them , but if they knew that she was an easy pull they 'd do it for a joke . |
| 21 | You can do it for a week . |
| 22 | There are women who will do it for a glass of champagne ! |
| 23 | I said well in all fairness Paul , you ai n't actually bloody got , I said I do n't do it for the fun of it I said and I do n't like doing it but I see , he just sort of |
| 24 | ‘ No I do n't do it for the money really . |
| 25 | You certainly did n't do it for the money . |
| 26 | ‘ And I 'd only go out with someone I really liked — I would n't do it for the sake of it . |
| 27 | The position is as I have stated and I will repeat it for the benefit of the right hon. Gentleman . |
| 28 | Fox did n't believe it for a minute . |
| 29 | Though she did n't believe it for a moment . |
| 30 | Well , let's believe it for the moment , because it makes love 's triumph the greater . |