Example sentences of "and [vb past] it for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He particularly admired the beautiful white spikes of Itea and recommended it for late flowering , a quality which also applied to Clethra alnifolia . |
| 2 | The Gardeners ' Chronicle , reviewing the experiment , coined the name ‘ carpet bedding ’ for it , and recommended it for wider trial . |
| 3 | The Goths , however , objected to this national treasure being handed over , and redeemed it for 200,000 solidi . |
| 4 | It was a good thing he had finally come to his senses and realized it for himself . |
| 5 | I stole the candle from its socket and sold it for a crust of bread and a stoup of water from an ale wife . |
| 6 | I can do is , Mary had a metal cow she milked it with a spanner , she took it to the market and sold it for a tanner . |
| 7 | Chaplin and Keaton came into movies from a vaudeville background in which they had seen poverty and experienced it for themselves . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | And it was , it was about two hundred pounds a night and got it for ten pounds a night . |
| 10 | Dirichlet , appalled by this , grabbed the page from Gauss and treasured it for the rest of his life . |
| 11 | Elia Kazan kept the cameras rolling and caught it for posterity . |
| 12 | I 've had great fun and great service from the package and used it for designing several garments for both hand and machine knitting . |
| 13 | Lord Hulton was a devotee of May and Baker 's Propamidine Cream and used it for all minor cuts and grazes in his cattle . |
| 14 | Searle was a rogue and used it for his own purposes . |
| 15 | UN relief flights to Juba — known as " Operation Lifeline Sudan " — were halted temporarily on July 21 , after Sudanese government troops had boarded a UN plane and used it for one week to transport troops and military equipment . |
| 16 | The taxi bill arose after he opened an account for Nalgo with Mersey Cabs without authorisation and used it for his own personal use as well as official business . |
| 17 | He cut another slice and then he leaned across and buttered it for her , as if she had been a child . |
| 18 | Unfortunately , very few people will appreciate just how much time , effort and sheer innovative thinking has gone into making the engine look similar to how it would look had we merely pressure washed the outside and mounted it for display . |
| 19 | Putting their dinner on the table , Trent reached for the photograph and studied it for the umpteenth time since finding it on Don Roberto 's piano — his mother , and the Colonel as a young man . |
| 20 | 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 ? ’ |
| 21 | Webb 's Patent Sewer Lamps , which extracted gas from the sewers below the streets and burned it for street lighting . |
| 22 | With his hand control he killed the television News and swapped it for ‘ Home and Away ’ . |
| 23 | Once , she would not only have poured his coffee for him , she would have spooned in the sugar and stirred it for him , too . |
| 24 | Teesdale District Council turned down an application for the sign on the ground of it contravening the town area local plan but the inspector said it was acceptable and allowed it for the next five years . |
| 25 | She rolled effortfully across to the draining-board and fetched it for him . |
| 26 | Mr Wishart stood up and opened it for her , handing her the wicker basket which seemed surprisingly light ; the old lady stepped off the train onto a now deserted platform . |
| 27 | He led her to the door and opened it for her . |
| 28 | I screwed the note into a ball and threw it for Springsteen to play with . |
| 29 | Welcome back to Central News South : Coming up in a few minutes , the farmer who 's taken maternity hospital technology and adapted it for the lambing season . |
| 30 | ‘ Incidentally , if I deliberately breached a power of attorney and exploited it for my own benefit — although I ca n't think how that would be possible — I would be struck off the Roll of Solicitors by the Law Society . ’ |