Example sentences of "[verb] it for [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You will need it for exchanging travellers cheques and currency . |
| 2 | We are in negotiations with the local authority for planning permission , and we hope to obtain it for housing on some of that land . |
| 3 | I was keeping it for cleaning the car . |
| 4 | Kilcline got the ball in the net with a header after 80 minutes but the referee Roger Milford disallowed it for pushing . |
| 5 | Where the PC has no real expanded RAM , using EMM386.EXE to provide it for cacheing is wasteful of resources . |
| 6 | ‘ We used it for shirting in 1992 and we 're using it in blends with linen for suitings for spring 1993 . ’ |
| 7 | Egyptians used it for embalming their dead , the Mesopotamians used it as perfume and the Romans thought it was an aphrodisiac . |
| 8 | A thickly built oak and beechwood sixteenth-seventeenth century refectory table from the Pyrenees , admittedly characterful ( Tajan 's auction staff used it for stacking their telephones on ) but more than difficult to place in a modern apartment , sold for FFr650,000 ( £67,550 ; $117,500 ) , over twice its high estimate . |
| 9 | The fisheries of the Suli islands between North Borneo and the Philippines , though not particularly rich in pearls , produced fine mother-of-pearl , a material keenly sought by the Chinese who used it for making inlays . |
| 10 | I 've had great fun and great service from the package and used it for designing several garments for both hand and machine knitting . |
| 11 | Always inspect each hook closely before you use it ; test it for breaking or bending ; reduce or remove the barb where necessary , and work on it with a fine oil stone until it is as sharp as you can get it — this should not actually be necessary with the new chemically sharpened hooks . |
| 12 | He uses it for taping i at work . |
| 13 | I tried to sell it , but no one was willing to offer me more than five shillings , so Bob uses it for picking up the produce from the market every morning . ’ |
| 14 | Somebody uses it for boozing sessions . ’ |
| 15 | Director Chris Pond said : ‘ People will be faced with difficult choices , such as whether to use water for baths , or save it for cooking or to water the flower pots . ’ |
| 16 | Low-growing , almost mat-like , with white daisy flowers in summer , chamomile dates back to at least the time of the ancient Egyptians who are said to have used it for curing ague . |
| 17 | I 've used it for carrying pens — you do n't get too many grizzlies or wolves where I live ! |
| 18 | We have used it for scouting exercises . ’ |
| 19 | Do they use it for dating ? |
| 20 | Choose one about 600mm ( 2ft ) long with a metal body , and both horizontal and vertical indicators ; then you can use it for getting things plumb too . |
| 21 | Birds may use it for rearing their young , or other small animals may come to live on it . |
| 22 | The connotations of this in the creation of manhood were made clear by Baden Powell , founder of the Scout movement , who observed that masturbation checks the semen from getting its full chance of making the strong , manly man : ‘ You are throwing away the seed that has been handed down to you as a trust instead of keeping it and ripening it for bringing a son to you later on . ’ |
| 23 | It includes some useful guidelines for those who wish to use it for choosing a course , either for themselves or for an employee . |
| 24 | I need to know the wiring for the Nato socket as I intend to use it for towing my caravan , but will need to alter the wiring to suit or obtain another Nato plug and add the 12n/12s plugs to this . |
| 25 | when you start learning a language you are constantly collecting new words , so even if you have a computer and intend to use it for producing a dictionary you may still wish to have your vocabulary in a more accessible form than on a computer disk , at least for the first few months . |
| 26 | It is primarily organised along the lines of the current OPCS scheme , but it would also be possible to use it for coding to KOS or CODOT . |
| 27 | Instead of quitting the music business she should have learned to use it for singing rather than mouthing off at every opportunity . |
| 28 | Thus ‘ held with the intention ’ came to be construed in a sense which the language of Parliament can not possibly bear as a matter of ordinary sense and grammar , as embracing not only material held by the crooked solicitor but material held without any intention on the part of the holder but infected , either at the time of its creation or , seemingly , at any subsequent time , by an intention on the part of any person , whether the client entitled to it or anyone else , to use it for furthering some criminal purpose . |
| 29 | Bristling with moonstones , the collar was primitive and barbaric ; the mastiff of a prince of medieval Persia might have worn it for going out hawking in a miniature . |
| 30 | He was pleased with the result and wanted to use it for something for himself and he adapted it for designing colour patterns for Sandra to knit on her machine . |