Example sentences of "and [verb] it [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It goes against all common sense to take the most fundamental element of ecosystem , with the land and habitats it supports , and sell it off for profit , as the Tories are trying to do , ’ he said . |
| 2 | And if it was just exhausted , it was simply a question of postponing his own ploughing and resting it up for a day or two until it had regained its appetite and its strength . |
| 3 | What you did was to save the lot up and cash it in for a big meal . |
| 4 | You 're making a point , and then he comes in and finishes it off for you . |
| 5 | and banging it out for one |
| 6 | The grocer had a grinder somewhere , and his wife unearthed it , dusted it down and plugged it in for me . |
| 7 | My colleague saw it and cut it out for me . |
| 8 | Why did n't he take that with him and put it in for a minute , for god 's sake . |
| 9 | ‘ Nothing feels right and all I can do is try and work it out for myself . |
| 10 | He went and fetched it up for me . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ If one of his mates got a whack and got hurt he 'd go and sort it out for them . |
| 13 | If you leave the vehicle , the heat from the engine soaks into the carb and thaws it out for a few more miles . |
| 14 | That we can not cope with another child , that we are not ready for parenthood , that we can not face raising a child without a partner , that we can not afford a child , that our method of birth control failed , that we are the victims of rape , that we can not bear the anguish of carrying a child to term and giving it up for adoption , that we can not accept the responsibility of caring for a handicapped child — these are the reasons why we seek abortion in the vast majority of cases . |
| 15 | He winced as she dabbed disinfectant on the cut and covered it up for him . |
| 16 | Next morning I checked the typing for errors and sent it back for correction . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | The testicle had been dead so they had taken it out and sent it off for tests . |
| 19 | If you have stress incontinence this exercise will help if you do it regularly and keep it up for several months : |
| 20 | The wire hangers rang together like bells and kept it up for almost a minute . |
| 21 | He hurried the will into proper form and brought it down for signature . |
| 22 | I had to get one that were n't ironed and iron it up for him ! |
| 23 | A major offensive was launched on Aug. 22 in an attempt to relieve the siege , after the government had abandoned its earlier suggestion that it might evacuate the fort and turn it over for use by the International Red Cross . |
| 24 | She bought some and took it back for the baby , dipping her finger in for the mite to suck . |
| 25 | So in 1980 IBM came back to Mr Gates , then 25 , who quickly bought a rudimentary operating system from another young company , renamed it DOS , and fixed it up for IBM . |
| 26 | This repulsive scene ( and play it up for all its worth ! ) requires that each adventure make a successful T test . |
| 27 | ‘ I developed the pin curl looks about two years ago and have since changed the technique by dressing the hair more with back-combing and pinning it up for a more avant-garde finish . |
| 28 | You will then be in a position to feed your dog , and take it out for a walk until it has relieved itself , bearing in mind that it must be prevented from taking strenuous exercise at this stage . |
| 29 | We have kept this fish in the office brackish tank for a number of years without breeding success , and Derek has undertaken to find out how to breed them and write it up for PFK . |
| 30 | He decided then and there to take the carrion off her and have it back for himself and so leaned out into the void and tilted into the wind towards her far below . |