Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] it for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can only swap it for nice things . |
| 2 | ‘ You know the bad consequence of my laying myself under unnecessary obligation , and you will therefore take care that I only do it for real Friends that I can depend upon , ’ the member of parliament warned . |
| 3 | I was just keeping it for wee Jonathan . |
| 4 | Er it 's a fifty percent uptake but it co and he says , Do n't you can ch you can just do it for six months of the Year . |
| 5 | ‘ I did not bring it for that purpose , ’ said Andrus hoarsely . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm glad to hear that , ’ Claudia said , not believing it for one moment . |
| 7 | Which is what I meant to erm tt get on to Chris from the press office B B C Well I 'll give him a bell and just organize it for one day . |
| 8 | I 'm not doing it for monetary reward or because I 'm asked to ; I 'm doing it because I feel I have to do it . |
| 9 | I 'm not doing it for monetary reward or because I 'm asked to ; I 'm doing it because I feel I have to do it . |
| 10 | I said no , I 'm not , I 'm not doing it for that reason I said I 'm trying to you know thought to myself we 'll give them something back . |
| 11 | A member of one local authority in England — I will not name it for obvious reasons — told me that the police in that area have said that following up poll tax debts and warrants is not a high priority . |
| 12 | At A level , I toyed with the idea of doing physics , maths and English , and if I was just doing it for pure enjoyment I would have done it at that stage . |
| 13 | In 1629 the King dissolved Parliament , castigating its leaders as ‘ vipers ’ , and did not recall it for eleven years . |
| 14 | If you require an overdraft for working capital purposes , we will normally agree it for 12 months , with the amount based on your cash flow forecast for that period . |
| 15 | Sir Thomas More owned it for two years , although he probably never lived there . |
| 16 | I pointed out that the ground was once part of Tip Farm and that on rainy days Bob Crudge still used it for artificial insemination . |
| 17 | But there must be hundreds of little firms all over the country who still use it for special jobs . " |
| 18 | Well you still do it for three years and ! |
| 19 | She has since packed it for other tours . |
| 20 | Sir David English probably disliked it for two reasons . |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't think I really believed it for one second . |
| 22 | Tim Waterstone declined to expound on the decision , beyond saying that Waterstones had withdrawn from the concession for commercial reasons and was now re-entering it for commercial reasons . |
| 23 | I studied for the UCLI in Home Machine Knitting and , on passing both parts of the exam , went on to teach it for three years . |
| 24 | Like because their account , you know , if you write , like if I wrote a cheque out to you today , and you did n't cash it for four weeks |
| 25 | The reason I say it 's , it 's , the system 's too old to go back to the Japs and say get this sorted out , rewrite the software because they 're just gon na say not likely we have n't made it for ten years , or whatever seven or eight years or whatever it is , it 's out of date , they 're not gon na start working on the system that 's that old all they 'll want to do is to sell you a new one |
| 26 | Nice chap and he teaches creative writing in Glasgow , used to be a teacher then a teacher trainer and then I think took early retirement and he does this but made the point that he simply uses it for extra income for pleasure and interest as opposed I suppose to a way of writing you know so |
| 27 | , well the job 's worth more than ninety quid , I said , I do n't do it for ninety quid ! |
| 28 | ‘ I do n't do it for any reason of self . ’ |
| 29 | I have n't seen it for sixty year . ’ |
| 30 | There is nothing worse than being told ‘ Yes , we had a lovely book all about the fête we held for the coronation , but I have n't seen it for some years . |