Example sentences of "only [verb] it for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This had covered the blotter so that he had really only seen it for a short time . |
| 2 | 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 ! |
| 3 | I discovered he was teething — the sucking made his gums sore so he could only do it for a short time . |
| 4 | Clutterbuck ceased to work the mill during the latter half of the 1840s , for by 1847 it had been leased to a paper-maker , Frederick Wiggins , who apparently only operated it for a few years . |
| 5 | Geoff Butterwick , public transport manager for Suffolk County Council , said : ‘ We 've only had it for a few weeks but it 's already proving useful and I 'm sure it will make life a lot easier . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Mere faith in an idea can only sustain it for a limited time especially when others are required to act upon that faith . |
| 8 | However , she only keeps it for a few weeks before it is handed back to the new Lady Mayoress by the sheriff for the price of a kiss . |
| 9 | and they 're only saying it for the sake of keeping going . |
| 10 | I was only doing it for the money . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Well this is alright , but we 're only doing it for the beneficiaries int you ? |
| 13 | It looked tall but I only saw it for a moment . ’ |
| 14 | I only meant it for the best . |
| 15 | Blyth Tait says that the last time he won the top spot from Mary he only kept it for a week and is hoping to hang onto it for longer this time . |
| 16 | in the canteen but I ca ca n't take that into the factory Only do it for a week , you 've spilt that , Helen ! |
| 17 | Only had it for a few months . |
| 18 | That 's how I think of it : as my home , even though I only see it for a short time every year . |
| 19 | He would have returned it , of course , he only wanted it for a painting . |
| 20 | I only wanted it for a |
| 21 | ‘ I only stole it for the wire , ’ she said , ‘ but now we 've got it I suppose we might as well drink it . ’ |