Example sentences of "we [verb] it for " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It is , perhaps , salutary to reflect upon how difficult we make it for older people to use the range of leisure facilities provided either because of physical access problems , inappropriate classes and high entry costs . |
| 2 | Erm , last week we consulted Devon County Council , we sell it for peanuts , unfortunately now , because the market as we know , with people being keener on to the recycling plus products flooding in from Germany creating products . |
| 3 | We got it for all the tournament . |
| 4 | Well we had a piano actually , we got it for Doreen and Doreen she started to learn , she went to Mr . |
| 5 | We got it for four pound fifty . |
| 6 | Yeah , because it should of been fifteen pounds a night and we got it for ten |
| 7 | No , they 're not really , you got a stand by , you got it for eight fifty , and cos we 're students , instead of eight fifty , we got it for five . |
| 8 | Er what time do we want it for ? |
| 9 | Could the photograph , the fire , the fire fighter probably wo n't think of it , could , could we think it for him , or her . |
| 10 | ‘ We used it for shirting in 1992 and we 're using it in blends with linen for suitings for spring 1993 . ’ |
| 11 | We want it for our children and for our country . |
| 12 | But for what we want it for ours is good enough . |
| 13 | So when we set out to develop our new Panasonic brand AT compatible personal computer , we designed it for maximum versatility . |
| 14 | We tried it for a whole year . |
| 15 | We delayed it for only a moment or two , remembering the fluffy chick waiting below for its supper of regurgitated fish . |
| 16 | We done it for a laugh and because we were bored and it got out of hand . |
| 17 | We done it for Kerry and done it for her , Kerry left home sorted all the house out and bought all the stuff back and give the rest away ! |
| 18 | We mistake it for reality because we are so involved , so lost in the illusion , so absorbed by the drama , that we forget we have chosen to be here , that we are willing participants in an elaborate stage production . |
| 19 | We let it for short terms to captains and such like . ’ |
| 20 | What did we do it for ? |
| 21 | The other car , the other De Dion we had , burst its radiator , but we are very resourceful ; we went and bought thirty foot of garden hose and connected it to the engine and sent the water round and round the car and that acted as a radiator , and we drove it for a week like that . |
| 22 | ‘ Ca n't we use it for fun ? ’ |
| 23 | But in her case we allowed it for obvious reasons . ’ |
| 24 | But Eileen replied reasonably , ‘ None of us was keen on her , Anne , but we hid it for Mum 's sake and Grandma never realised it . |
| 25 | Only if it is made strange or different do we see it for what it really is . |
| 26 | No matter what is being done we attack it for not being enough . |
| 27 | No matter how worthwhile a project seems we attack it for the hidden and sinister purposes behind it . |
| 28 | ‘ The fishery has been here for over 400 years , so we want to make sure we maintain it for future generations , ’ said Mr Horne . |
| 29 | Here we might note that they are also not in Edinburgh : we know this for B because B claims to have to go to Edinburgh , and go here means movement away from the place of the speaker at the time of speaking ; we know it for A also , because if A is in Edinburgh , then B's having to go to Edinburgh can hardly be an excuse for B not going to A today . |
| 30 | He wanted five per cent , we settled it for three point seven five . |