Example sentences of "he [vb past] it for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This back parlour , Hope thought , as he entered it for the third time that day , is like a little theatre : Act I , Colonel Moore ; Act II , Amaryllis ; Act III |
| 2 | She said well he took it for the glass . |
| 3 | The cold was within his heart now , and he knew it for the heartcold of the truly bereft . |
| 4 | It poured out into the still night and Nuadu shivered , because he knew it for the evil magic of the Dark Ireland ; the ancient , malevolent enchantment of the necromancers . |
| 5 | I 'm sure he meant it for the best — I always told you , he means well — but I have to admit , he 's not an easy man to talk to . |
| 6 | He bought it for the Astra . |
| 7 | ‘ I expect he did it for the insurance , ’ Dangerfield said . |
| 8 | Jack found a piece of driftwood , its gnarled form worn totally smooth by the action of the waves , and they decided it would look wonderful in his barn hung on the brickwork chimney-breast , so he carried it for the rest of the morning until they returned to their little camp at lunchtime . |
| 9 | As he said it for the first time a smile flickered across his face , and in that instant his features were totally transformed . |
| 10 | He wrote it for the young men who were dying in the war , but the words may offer a little comfort . |
| 11 | Naturally he cribbed it for the title of a pamphlet , when what I actually meant by it was some advice . |
| 12 | He valued it for the beauty of some of its contents , for the dignity of others , and the curiosity of all . |