Example sentences of "it for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Others would buy it for a fancy dress party or a dare . |
2 | Which is a bit different and I 'd like to see it , that 's just one of my things , but again when you 're in , going into retirement I think you 've got to think about this , I mean I went , nobody twisted my arm , I went into that situation and I 've enjoyed it for a great many years , but now I 'm thinking I 'd , before I , it 's too late I want to have a , a l a fling in autumn as it were . |
3 | And the fact that they were doing it for a great deal more money , like Havvie Blaine , rather than for supper and a few pence , did n't make it any better . |
4 | Tory plans to sell it for a small shopping mall were scuppered when Labour seized control last year . |
5 | But there were plenty of beautiful and recognisable faces to be seen amongst the anonymous , but none-the-less powerful , fashion editors , still enough buying power in this room alone to rock empires , even if no house made a profit from the couture but rather used it for a loss-leading advertisement and a mark of prestige . |
6 | I said well if you got us a dog I 'd have to take it for a late night walk would n't I ? |
7 | Listen , listen to me , when it 's finished , instead of putting it in the box we 'll put it on that other one and listen to it for a wee while |
8 | From the tarn , I followed my nose down to a cairn that stands on the shoulder above Deepdale Side where the view down Deepdale into Dentdale was so good that I sat and looked at it for a good half-hour until the thought that I needed to be home by late afternoon pushed me on down to the green lane of the old Craven Way . |
9 | " I know you come over a little shy when I talk about you this way , Chuck , but I do it for a good reason , " continued the senator , lighting a Havana cigar with elaborate care . |
10 | ‘ You must have done it for a good reason . |
11 | Apply it with a roller in a thin , even coat and let it dry without disturbing it for a good 24 hours . |
12 | But , if you can isolate the component , it might be possible to swap it for a new one at minimum cost . |
13 | Charlie Chaplin 's silent black and white movies captivated the world in the early part of the century … and they 're still doing it for a new generation coming through . |
14 | The birth his birthday was twenty four months , that means from when you can buy it for a new born baby or somebody up to two years old , will be suitable for it . |
15 | KIND-HEARTED Jimmy Savile has fixed it for a badly-burned Romanian boy to have surgery in Britain . |
16 | Is it for a nice , Brian-type P R interview , in which case you think , ‘ Oh good , that probably means about ten minutes ? |
17 | I did n't see the new dog till it was nearly six months old and its mistress asked me to call to treat it for a slight attack of eczema . |
18 | It 's great , cos the water 's warm , and I fill up the sink and keep my hands in it for a long time . |
19 | Likely any car would have traces of it for a long time . |
20 | Though the supplier has no guarantee of the business , it has an advantage and , once it has the business , the firm can be fairly sure it will keep it for a long time . |
21 | She stared down at it for a long time . |
22 | I can not be sure that he noticed all that , but he stared at it for a long time , getting down on his hands . |
23 | If it has the Zenith then , if you are leaving it for a long period , try pulling out the choke after it has stopped . |
24 | No one 's touched it for a long , long time . |
25 | Jazz looked at it for a long time , then he propped it back against the lamp , and turned the light out . |
26 | I felt that I had known it for a long time . |
27 | Cross soon secured his place in the Palace line-up and he held it for a long time , but his partnership with Jack Little for three seasons was a much-admired feature of the Palace defence . |
28 | Mouse took its head in his hands and met its eyes , looking at it for a long moment . |
29 | I had known it for a long time , ever since I had confided to my Mum at age fifteen that I fancied the other girls at school , the ‘ it 's just a phase , ’ syndrome . |
30 | I ca n't see myself doing it for a long time . |