Example sentences of "do [pron] [vb infin] it for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What do ye want it for ? ’ she said . |
| 2 | ‘ What do you want it for ? ’ he asked . |
| 3 | ‘ What do you want it for ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ How long do you want it for ? ’ |
| 5 | My mother I remember there was a sale of work going on at Palfrey church once and bef I had just been made apprentice at Wolverhampton and of course I got amongst the , they , when they came the , the Derby day they were all having a bet on it so I , I said to the give them half a crown , so he said you ca n't have half a crown and he said what do you want it for so I said they 're putting it on a horse was on this horse it won , so of course this sale of work was in great progress when I gets off the train at station and thought well I could n't understand in er Palfrey Church Hall , so she was there in all her finery and I said we 've won , we 've won she said shut up , shut up she said but erm no I think the biggest character in Caldmore was Father . |
| 6 | Cos Dora rang and she said could er somebody get her twenty pounds worth and I said what do you want it for ? |
| 7 | What do you want it for then ? |
| 8 | Well what , what do you want it for ? |
| 9 | Er , er that says shell that one , that says plasticine , what do you want it for then ? |
| 10 | They have , he has , what do you want it for ? . |
| 11 | What do you want it for ? |
| 12 | What do you want it for ? |
| 13 | What do you want it for ? |
| 14 | ‘ What do you use it for ? ’ |
| 15 | What do you use it for ? |
| 16 | Yes I do , why do you need it for ? |
| 17 | But what do you take it for ? |
| 18 | What do you take it for ? |
| 19 | Er what time do we want it for ? |
| 20 | Why do we take it for granted that education is a good to which everyone equally is entitled ? |
| 21 | No longer do we take it for granted as meaning that we get a job in a company , or an industry , with the hope and intention of learning new skills , gaining experience and becoming part of an enterprise , in turn passing on skills and giving others the benefit of our experience . |
| 22 | Only if it is made strange or different do we see it for what it really is . |
| 23 | Do they use it for dating ? |