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Example sentences of "[verb] it for [pron] [noun] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	I 'll need it for my missionary work in India , and you could help me to learn it by studying with me .
2	BOY , DID I catch it for my remarks about George Orwell 's 1984 .
3	I wondered if they passed that Trade Union ( positive vetting ) file over to someone else or whether they were keeping it for my return .
4	What was once the abbey 's guest-house had been increasing in size and grandeur as successive monarchs used it for their Edinburgh residence .
5	‘ Just a long stone room but legend has it that the Templars used it for their mysteries .
6	A good little program , even if you only want it for its entertainment value .
7	I want it for my guitar !
8	We want it for our children and for our country .
9	No mat if you want it for your dinner here better he goes now the
10	Pippin , the first of the line , had destined it for his first-born , the young Charlemagne in the 750s ; Charlemagne had assigned it in 790 to his son Charles , later labelled primogenitus and designated heir to the regnum Francorum ( though he predeceased his father in 811 ) .
11	In 1982–83 , 40 per cent of divorced women ( who had not remarried ) were receiving some maintenance ; 23 per cent received it for their children only , 12 per cent for their children and themselves and 3 per cent for themselves only .
12	John Major has made one for citizens , British Rail has done it for their passengers , the banks have formulated one for their customers and now the JS distribution division has done it for the branches .
13	I 've done it for my grandchildren this year .
14	He done it for his soldiers , to show them what they had to do .
15	I had felt it for my mother before my father left when she would intercept his post , putting certain violet-scented envelopes into the pocket of her dress and steaming them open in the kitchen after he had left for work .
16	He 's saving it for his kids , that 's what he says .
17	Already I 've heard aghast whispers about the details of the Milwaukee cannibal : ‘ Do you know , ’ they hiss in your ear , ‘ he cut out one chap 's bicep , fried it on a griddle and ate it for his breakfast ? ’
18	I think I ought to keep the house clean , but I do n't do it for my husband — because quite honestly he does n't notice whether it 's clean or not .
19	and er D er er Dave was showing me how it works and he went out and the little one was saying I 'll do it for you granddad , look this is how you do it , and she starts typing away , and she 's four !
20	Never mind I 'll sew them on for you , I hate sewing but I 'll do it for you Mary Lou .
21	I 'll do it for you babes .
22	We should not do it for our sex .
23	Then the Cid assembled together the Christians in the Alcazar , and when they were assembled , he rose upon his feet and said , Friends and kinsmen and vassals , praised be God and holy Mary Mother , all the good which I have in the world I have here in Valencia ; with hard labour I won the city , and hold it for my heritage , and for nothing less than death will I leave it .
24	Jonathan Horne secured it for his client after a long battle at £31,900 ( estimate £5,000-£8,000 ) .
25	‘ For God 's sake , Leo , save it for your students , ’ said Matthew .
26	He says : we 're looking for a millionaire to buy it for his wife as the ideal shopping car .
27	In a list box , for instance , it 's normal for a click to select an item , and a double click to select it and open it for whatever process you 're at .
28	I thought you an' Dolly might like it for yer supper tonight , but what 'appened ?
29	‘ Got it for her week before .
30	But now that the human misery of the transition is over and forgotten , and now that we see modern Peterborough , we may perhaps be grateful to the Cecils for the feudal obstinacy which kept their town from growing , and preserved it for our pleasure today .