Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [verb] [vb pp] it for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's absolutely massive , yes , it 's a national er campaign , so we 've been recruiting people from all kinds of ways ; direct mail , er getting in touch with people who 've done it for us before , er through magazines and so on and the whole thing has been a major logistical undertaking . |
| 2 | Dr Jaffery knew the building as well as anyone and I much looked forward to going around it with someone who had studied it for so many years . |
| 3 | Mohawk Grand Chief Joe Norton warned that there would be further violence unless the Quebec authorities agreed to return policing of the reservation to the control of the Indians , who had policed it for 11 years prior to the outbreak of the 1990 trouble . |
| 4 | Most land fell to the peasants who had tilled it for decades and the landlords or rentiers who held large amounts of land , renting it out or tilling it by hired labour . |
| 5 | In 1987 the role of Lord Mayor was taken by Richard Horner , a local butcher , who had done it for a few years . |
| 6 | Elfman used to boast to anyone who would listen that he was able to auto-fellate with the minimum of effort , making him the envy of every young buck who had tried it for himself and only succeeded in collapsing with a racking backache . |
| 7 | In the previous May Prince Rupert had captured the town for the Royalists from Colonel Dukinfield , who had held it for the Parliamentarians . |
| 8 | ‘ The course started in 1991 and those students who have completed two years will be awarded diplomas and those who have followed it for a year will get certificates . ’ |
| 9 | Only women who have never taken the pill and those who have taken it for eight or more years are followed up beyond the age of 45 . |
| 10 | It 's been bought by the man who 's run it for the RSPCA for the last eight years . |