Example sentences of "he [vb past] it for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | he shopped around and he said that he got er I think he says he got it for sixty pound less I think it is , yeah |
| 2 | What would you say , he got it for more . |
| 3 | He studied it for some time and then said : ‘ That 's bad , I 'm afraid . |
| 4 | He followed it for two blocks , in the inside lane , then suddenly cut across the traffic to the centre , executed a left U-turn and returned to the Platz der Einheit . |
| 5 | he enjoyed it for forty years . |
| 6 | It was a debilitating time and he felt he survived it for two reasons — a ‘ rigorous regime ’ , which included a vegetarian diet , and the devoted nursing of his widowed landlady , Sarah Lordore ( or Lardeau ) at his lodgings in Stoke Newington . |
| 7 | He bought it for that erm er her |
| 8 | I mean , he bought it for next to nowt . |
| 9 | He bought it for twenty five quid . |
| 10 | His membership of the Conservative party was to prove of short duration and he left it for good just before the government of 1931 was formed . |
| 11 | Rewarded with a seat on the Privy Council , he held it for less than a month , dying of apoplexy 20 July 1675 . |