Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [vb past] it for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She felt an overwhelming urge to lick her lips and fought it for a while till her treacherous tongue simply shot out — only to be retracted slowly , under Lucenzo 's predatory eyes . |
| 2 | It was a good thing he had finally come to his senses and realized it for himself . |
| 3 | Then she was aware of my gaze , glanced away , blew a puff of air upwards at her face , pinched the T-shirt between her fingers and flapped it for draught . |
| 4 | The task of implementing this change of policy fell on Roger Brown , then editor in succession to Ralph Gee , who had been responsible for the printing of the paper for many years and edited it for a short period . |
| 5 | They defined fire as a means of warmth and used it to heat their dwellings ; as a means of defence and used it to ward off wild animals ; and as a means of transforming substances and employed it for cooking and hardening the points of wooden spears . |
| 6 | We have cut out the instructions and kept it for next time . |
| 7 | Webb 's Patent Sewer Lamps , which extracted gas from the sewers below the streets and burned it for street lighting . |
| 8 | He oiled it , pumped up the tyres and held it for me while I had a go , just in the yard at first . |