Example sentences of "it [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Others would buy it for a fancy dress party or a dare . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Tory plans to sell it for a small shopping mall were scuppered when Labour seized control last year . |
| 4 | fourteen or I had a sixteen overhead cam Cortina engine sitting up the blokes just swapped it for a two litre cos he wanted some more go . |
| 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 | I reckon I 'd do it for a thousand pounds . |
| 9 | However historically authentic ( or not ) this account may be , what is clear is that Hungarians adhered to it for a thousand years after their arrival in the Danubian plain at the beginning of the tenth century . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | " 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ You must have done it for a good reason . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 15 | They seemed centred on one particular grave , so the Doctor stepped over to it for a closer look . |
| 16 | The org the organist used to carry it for a long way . |
| 17 | I know I have n't anything to offer her and that it might be years before I could afford to run a house and give her the kind of life style she 's used to , so I would n't expect Sir Philip to agree to it for a long while . ’ |
| 18 | The water for drinking they used to collect from the gutters and erm it used to go into big barrels and then they used to boil it for a long while . |
| 19 | A chap named , ooh , Harry , he used to keep it for a long while , and er then of course , th the post office was on the er , opposite side of the road to where it is now . |
| 20 | It 's great , cos the water 's warm , and I fill up the sink and keep my hands in it for a long time . |
| 21 | Likely any car would have traces of it for a long time . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | She stared down at it for a long time . |
| 24 | I can not be sure that he noticed all that , but he stared at it for a long time , getting down on his hands . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 29 | I ca n't see myself doing it for a long time . |
| 30 | I denied it for a long time because I was so determined to make this marriage work , but the reality was that we did n't really care for each other any more , or at least somewhere among all the battles our love had been well and truly buried . |