Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] it for " in BNC.
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| 1 | When eventually its report , Lead and Health , was published in 1980 , various environmental groups damned it for being too meek . |
| 2 | I think Mum made it for me . |
| 3 | Well my mum got it for |
| 4 | The Chinese , who used ivory for elaborately carved handles and vessels as early as the Shang dynasty and in later times used it for a wide variety of personal items such as brush pots , wrist-rests , boxes , seals , snuff boxes and fans , had increasingly to import the material as the elephant herds in the southern provinces diminished . |
| 5 | It was in 1902 , it was ; a man named Plumb got it for me . |
| 6 | ‘ Edward got it for me . ’ |
| 7 | Designed to counteract poor visibility on murky winter afternoons , it had been used in Scotland and by the visiting South Africans in 1924 before Arsenal adopted it for a public trial match three years later . |
| 8 | ‘ It was a pity the wind ruined it for everyone . ’ |
| 9 | After completing the orchestral score , Reger reworked it for two pianos , but this version for piano duet has more of the original material . |
| 10 | Alter this technique had been invented , it was only a matter of time before weapons designers adapted it for the detection of submarines . |
| 11 | Barney took it for granted Yanto would have a cup , and made a signal to his wife through the kitchen window . |
| 12 | Although I would have been surprised if London 's Charles Dickens Society required its members to put on a white tie for its annual dinner , the invitation card demanded it for the Scott dinner . |
| 13 | Sue wrecked it for us ! |
| 14 | Branson bought it for £400,000 . |
| 15 | Mummy bought it for Daddy really ! |
| 16 | Marie bought it for me , and she said it looked really great . |
| 17 | Where Ann wrote it for last year , for my ri |
| 18 | Then I said , or perhaps one of my voices said it for me , " I do n't know . |
| 19 | Roy Clements wanted it for his collection which is thought to be the largest in Britain . |
| 20 | The two owners were aged 84 and 71 and , after the chewing incident , the RSPCA swapped it for a smaller dog . |
| 21 | The council passed it for allocation to youth activities . |
| 22 | And yet when folk got it for their arthritis , okay ? |
| 23 | Eddie Gray tried it for us and look where it got him . |
| 24 | Red Indians used it for nappies , and J&J might just follow in their tracks — encouraging us to flush the bog down the bog , as it were ? |
| 25 | The north American Indians hunted it for food and used the feather to decorate their headdresses , but the Mexican Aztecs were responsible for domesticating it . |
| 26 | She knew she had nothing to feel guilty about despite her attraction to Luke , having resisted him , but his relationship with Cavell was none of her business really , and whether Luke finally confessed that he had intended to be unfaithful or Cavell discovered it for herself , she did n't want to have to feel responsible for any eventual break-up . |
| 27 | Muslim parents favoured it for their daughters because men were barred the premises . |
| 28 | They submitted a paper for publication and the editor sent it for reviews before deciding whether to publish it ask for revisions or reject it . |
| 29 | In 1974 , the fire brigade moved into new premises , rendering the existing building useless — so the local district council bought it for £36,000 and changed it into the block of 10 flats for elderly people . |
| 30 | Ellie lit it for her with a match from a small silver box ‘ Merci , mon petit chou , ’ said Madame . |