Example sentences of "he [adv] [vb past] it for " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Well — he would not , and the laird turned him out for it — he turned him out and sent him off and we have had no land since and he put nobody else into Upper Farrochil — he only wanted it for himself . |
| 3 | He would have returned it , of course , he only wanted it for a painting . |
| 4 | You know he always wore it for gardening . |
| 5 | He always did it for a while and then just let it ride to see what happened , but all of a sudden ( it 's amazing — I 've seen it happen several times ) he gets out of bed one morning and says , ‘ Right , I 'm going to do something about it — it 's not moving fast enough for me ’ . |
| 6 | He then holed it for a three . |
| 7 | The poor shopkeeper was so bemused he actually opened it for her and the pushchair came out first . |