Example sentences of "and he [vb past] it for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was pleased with the result and wanted to use it for something for himself and he adapted it for designing colour patterns for Sandra to knit on her machine . |
| 2 | And it eventually gestated out , and he wrote it for his Sunday school , and his church organist , Lewis Redner was asked to provide the music , and this is the music which Redner provided |
| 3 | The cold was within his heart now , and he knew it for the heartcold of the truly bereft . |
| 4 | She stirred against him , and he mistook it for something like the small movements of a child asleep , and smiled down at her through the slow current of perfume rising from her black , turmoiled hair ; but she was awake and brought her head up , drawing away from him a little , looking at him , so that he had to hide his smile quickly , because it was n't something he had meant her to see . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | If a lettuce cost the retailer 10p and he sold it for 15p , what was the mark up in cash terms ? |
| 7 | It was defective and he took it for repair to the accused , who sold it . |
| 8 | And he hailed it for providing an ideal environment in which individualism can flourish . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | She took it , and he lit it for her . |
| 11 | The new Black Basalt developed by Wedgwood was fine-grained , smooth , and richer in hue , and he used it for relief plaques , busts , medallions and cameos , as well as ‘ useful wares ’ for table and fine vases . |
| 12 | So he converted his barn which was huge and he used it for recitals , put a lovely grand piano in it . |