Example sentences of "and [vb past] it [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He designed and built it specially for his wife because she 'd always wanted to live by the river , but she only had time to enjoy it for a few months before she died . |
| 2 | The grocer had a grinder somewhere , and his wife unearthed it , dusted it down and plugged it in for me . |
| 3 | He has several times got himself into a position of strength in his battle with parliament , and bartered it away for short-term gains . |
| 4 | In Pearce [ 1973 ] Crim LR 321 ( CA ) , the accused was guilty when he put a boat onto a trailer and drove it away for later use . |
| 5 | He went and fetched it up for me . |
| 6 | Barron 's case is based mainly on these elements : [ 1 ] Immediately after the crash some members of Gravier 's family came from Mexico City to the site to identify his body and rushed it off for cremation . |
| 7 | The BMC praised Land 's End reasonable attitude and thanked it again for allowing us all to use the car park . |
| 8 | He winced as she dabbed disinfectant on the cut and covered it up for him . |
| 9 | Next morning I checked the typing for errors and sent it back for correction . |
| 10 | However , the seven republican delegations which attended a further meeting on Nov. 25 refused to initial the Treaty , and sent it back for further discussion in the republican Supreme Soviets . |
| 11 | The testicle had been dead so they had taken it out and sent it off for tests . |
| 12 | Dip this end into hormone rooting powder while it is still moist from the cut so that some powder adheres , shake or tap off the surplus and lay it aside for a few minutes while the others are being prepared . |
| 13 | The wire hangers rang together like bells and kept it up for almost a minute . |
| 14 | He put an arm around her shoulders and kept it there for a moment . |
| 15 | He hurried the will into proper form and brought it down for signature . |
| 16 | She bought some and took it back for the baby , dipping her finger in for the mite to suck . |
| 17 | However , the party did not follow this line ; otherwise they would have opposed independence for the more advanced Poland , Finland , the Baltic States and the Ukraine , and supported it only for the more backward minorities . |
| 18 | So he , he thought he 'd do an experiment , er he took a small piece of radium which he 'd extracted from several tons of pitchblende and he put this bit of radium on his forearm and , and put a bandage round to hold it in place and left it there for a week and said right I 'll see what happens . |
| 19 | He ran the trolley down to the corridor 's end and left it there for someone else to pick up and use , and then he doubled back and started to walk the distance to the locker room . |
| 20 | He pulled the drawer free and carried it outside for her , setting it on the desk . |
| 21 | US Sun Chemical Corporation exploited the weakness of the pound yesterday and snapped it up for just under £15m , or 167.5p a share . |
| 22 | ‘ Well , what do you think of this ? ’ she said , and slid it across for Angelica to see . |
| 23 | all the the tatties boiled tatties and chopped it up for the hens . |
| 24 | Then he capped his own little finger with it and held it up for them both to see . |
| 25 | Kruger took up a sword-sharp scimitar and held it aloft for blessing . |
| 26 | To his surprise , Molly threw away the dregs of tea in her beaker and held it out for him to fill with the frothing liquor . |
| 27 | He turned to reach down her fleecy cream jacket from the stand in the corner and held it out for her . |
| 28 | She just gave a dirty chuckle but later , in the hospitality room , I noticed her glossing up , and then she marched up , got hold of my face and planted a great magenta smacker on my cheek , and held it there for several seconds . |
| 29 | She took the smoke down deep into her lungs and held it there for a while before letting it out slowly . |