Example sentences of "i [verb] it for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm and while I was married I bought it back for twenty and a few months later I sell it for ten pound . |
| 2 | Like tea — we have the same brand each week — but if I know it 's cheaper in one shop I go into that shop , just to get that one thing — like I got it for 1 //6; this week and it 's usually 1 //11; — I like to get the best , but cheaper . |
| 3 | ‘ It has emptied our account , but I got it for twelve hundred and fifty francs . |
| 4 | I got it for six months , te |
| 5 | I used it for New Blues and almost all of Summer Song and perhaps the solo on Rubina 's Blue Sky Happiness . |
| 6 | I used to want to work at the violin , and I played it for two years . |
| 7 | I say twelve , and I let it for less because I 'm soft-hearted . |
| 8 | Er I get it for three quid , three something like . |
| 9 | ‘ They asked for an appointment , so I arranged it for this afternoon . |
| 10 | Well , I stuck it for two years . |
| 11 | I watched it for some time but there 's nobody about . |
| 12 | I watched it for several minutes , and they seemed to be landing and one was stationary in the air , without moving , and the rest were going up and down . |
| 13 | I wore it for one year and that |
| 14 | When I wore it for seven hours in wind-driven rain , the jacket only started absorbing water after the fourth hour . |
| 15 | I saw erm we saw a campaign chair near Mold week before last it was I asked the guy how much put down on it , you know , he said thirty pounds so I sa , I said I saw it for forty . |
| 16 | ‘ I do it for two reasons , ’ affirms Superia . |
| 17 | I frequently perform funerals three deep : that is , I do it for one person , who does it for another , who does it for the relatives of the deceased , he being the first person applied to . |
| 18 | I do it for all of the community . |
| 19 | We did ask Dorothy to do it after I did it for four years , but she was n't keen and I had to go on . |
| 20 | I mean , I did it for four months and then I could n't do any more , I just think I mean , I know Amanda and Claire were a lot younger then and I think it 's difficult when they are they 're younger . |
| 21 | I decided that what I did it for small reasons |
| 22 | I did it for six months and reckon that at only 24 I did it pretty well . |
| 23 | ‘ I did it for eight years . |
| 24 | I did it for one and he did n't get in ! |
| 25 | Like , I did it for three nights and I was wrecked ! ’ |
| 26 | In fact I had it for six months and I never did plug it into an amplifier ; I just used it in the dressing room . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I mourned it for two whole days when it died . ’ |
| 28 | and so this guy was selling it for forty , Vicky ordered her canoe there and he was quite a young man and so alright she said hi big boy how about letting me have it for thirty five if you 're willing to ha are you willing to haggle I mean my friend did buy a whole canoe he sort of |