Example sentences of "only [verb] it for the " in BNC.

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1 It was a new Fender Strat , bought from a shop on Shaftsbury Avenue in February ‘ 62 , and yes , I wish I still had it , but only to sell it for the large sums they fetch now !
2 Information having the necessary quality of confidence which is supplied by one party of a contract to another for the purpose of enabling that other to perform a contract will usually be subject to an obligation of confidence so that the recipient may only use it for the purpose of that contract .
3 and they 're only saying it for the sake of keeping going .
4 I was only doing it for the money . ’
5 He smiled tenderly , and the knowledge that he was only doing it for the benefit of anyone who might be watching sliced deep into the very heart of her .
6 Well this is alright , but we 're only doing it for the beneficiaries int you ?
7 I only meant it for the best .
8 ‘ I only stole it for the wire , ’ she said , ‘ but now we 've got it I suppose we might as well drink it . ’
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