Example sentences of "[verb] it for [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Coppers always want it for nothing . ’ |
| 2 | They want it for nothing or or |
| 3 | I du n no , he needs it for something . |
| 4 | ‘ It was a pity the wind ruined it for everyone . ’ |
| 5 | Chauveau added : ‘ I know Peterborough are very upset about it but it does n't change the fact that one moron behind the goal ruined it for everybody . ’ |
| 6 | It 's very tragic but he would have done it for anybody . |
| 7 | He 'd have done it for anyone . |
| 8 | But he uses , uses it for everything you know . |
| 9 | Perhaps he could exchange it for something more portable . |
| 10 | ‘ Oh , we would n't have missed it for anything ! ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I would n't have missed it for anything . ’ |
| 12 | We would n't have missed it for anything . |
| 13 | Well I get twenty five quid 's worth of vouchers from Marks and Spencers I shall buy Stuart a shirt , I 'll give it for something for Christmas , wo n't it ? |
| 14 | You 've ruined it for everyone . |
| 15 | Some of but you ca n't do it for something like a Medieval 's day or Roman |
| 16 | You got ta do it for something . |
| 17 | I 'm gon na do it for everybody , not just the joint management . |
| 18 | it 's bad enough in your house , they have to physically go out and do it for somebody else . |
| 19 | I 'll do it for nothing — just my food and a bed in the attic looking out over the chimney-pots . |
| 20 | ‘ If he comes round here I 'll do it for nothing . ’ |
| 21 | He 's very good and he 'll probably do it for nothing if he can get a couple of hours off . ’ |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | ‘ I did n't exactly do it for nothing , ’ Nelson said . |
| 24 | 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 ! |
| 25 | So he said will you do it for nothing ? |
| 26 | This guy does n't do it for anything but fun . |
| 27 | ‘ I would n't do it for anybody else on the staff , but you 're the best worker we 've had here . ’ |
| 28 | Mistake it for something else or push it beyond its limits and its purpose may be destroyed . |
| 29 | An ancient animal with 5 per cent of an eye might indeed have used it for something other than sight , but it seems to me at least as likely that it used it for 5 per cent vision . |
| 30 | They 've all bought it for nothing . ’ |