Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] it for [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ? |
| 2 | I 'll do it for nothing — just my food and a bed in the attic looking out over the chimney-pots . |
| 3 | ‘ If he comes round here I 'll do it for nothing . ’ |
| 4 | Well you might use it for something . |
| 5 | the they 'll have it for everything ! |
| 6 | And the lace on this basque is making me itch — I think I 'll change it for something more practical . |
| 7 | Perhaps he could exchange it for something more portable . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Well in those days beastlings was a lux it was n't a luxury because you could get it for nothing . |