Example sentences of "it for [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he added : ‘ It is important to me that the boys know I offered to do it for nothing . ’ |
| 2 | The landlord said that we could have the hall on Sunday evenings to run the club , and we could have it for nothing as he would make his money on increased bar sales . |
| 3 | I 'll do it for nothing — just my food and a bed in the attic looking out over the chimney-pots . |
| 4 | ‘ Now I know he 's been trying everything he can to take my place and whatever James Hunt says , he does n't want it for nothing . ’ |
| 5 | Well in those days beastlings was a lux it was n't a luxury because you could get it for nothing . |
| 6 | They 've all bought it for nothing . ’ |
| 7 | Luigi did not charge very much for this operation , and if the patient was poor he did it for nothing . |
| 8 | That was a great week because they felt they were getting it for nothing , till it come to the end of the quarter and then they had to pay it . |
| 9 | If he 'd provide the ladders , the baskets , and do it for nothing , the reverend fathers would give their consent . |
| 10 | ‘ Coppers always want it for nothing . ’ |
| 11 | It 's a long trip , and I would n't want to do it for nothing . ’ |
| 12 | They were the people who did it for nothing . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ If he comes round here I 'll do it for nothing . ’ |
| 14 | Well not so much cheaper cos I was most of the time I was doing it for nothing anyway . |
| 15 | He 's very good and he 'll probably do it for nothing if he can get a couple of hours off . ’ |
| 16 | Er champion of champions we 've , I bought some prizes for the champion of champions , and food er just to go with the trophies er Keith again was our judge and erm knowing that he does n't willingly accept money , he wants to come and do it for nothing erm how many proposed that we buy him something a bottle to take with him , so we bought him a bottle of wine to take with him and er that was the three pound . |
| 17 | You know , they 're not going to do it for nothing . |
| 18 | Just that they , they 're not willing to do it for nothing , and it 's going to cost you twenty pounds a time on top of the P A hire . |
| 19 | ‘ I did n't exactly do it for nothing , ’ Nelson said . |
| 20 | If you were part of the trust meetings and saw the degree of work that he does do regularly on our behalf it is quite considerable he does n't do it for nothing ! |
| 21 | I ca n't just take it for nothing can I ? |
| 22 | So he said will you do it for nothing ? |
| 23 | I mean however much you like doing something you would n't do it if you did it for nothing . |
| 24 | They want it for nothing or or |
| 25 | ‘ If I do it for you , I 've got to do it for everyone … |
| 26 | You 've ruined it for everyone . |
| 27 | ‘ It was a pity the wind ruined it for everyone . ’ |
| 28 | If you do it for one you do it for everybody . |
| 29 | No one will explain why he should have had a turtle-shell to lie in instead of some more orthodox cradle , but during the anti-monarchical excesses of the French Revolution this venerable carapace is said to have been saved from destruction by a naturalist of Pau , who was able to switch it for one without any such incriminatory associations from his own collection . |
| 30 | Instead , there was a tall , straggly looking tree seemingly at precisely the right spot , but it was definitely not a palm ; no-one could mistake it for one . |