Example sentences of "[vb past] it for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This back parlour , Hope thought , as he entered it for the third time that day , is like a little theatre : Act I , Colonel Moore ; Act II , Amaryllis ; Act III |
| 2 | He had one made up , used it for the first time in the 1989 Jersey Open and finished joint fifth , 5-under par and only two behind play-off victor Christy O'Connor Jnr . |
| 3 | Putting their dinner on the table , Trent reached for the photograph and studied it for the umpteenth time since finding it on Don Roberto 's piano — his mother , and the Colonel as a young man . |
| 4 | Teesdale District Council turned down an application for the sign on the ground of it contravening the town area local plan but the inspector said it was acceptable and allowed it for the next five years . |
| 5 | The first indication that anything was wrong came three months after I had let the tank up and stocked it for the first time . |
| 6 | ‘ I heard it for the first time on Saturday morning . ’ |
| 7 | and then if you needed it for the further education you could use it |
| 8 | I flew it for the first time to Dupage Airport to replace the ninety-channel radio with a 720-channel unit , then on to Janesville , Wisconsin , for paint work and a new headliner . |
| 9 | Sheppard modelled the statue in 1911–12 and exhibited it for the first time in 1914 . |
| 10 | this morning when , where we all watched it for the first time together and as , as Richard said you know , I 'm , I 'm squeamish about going to the dentist , so , and it cos er , it 's basically there 's a scene in the bar where they 're pulling this guy 's tooth out |
| 11 | I only meant it for the best . |
| 12 | I 'm sure he meant it for the best — I always told you , he means well — but I have to admit , he 's not an easy man to talk to . |
| 13 | The following is a typical example of the character of the RAF as I saw it for the first time about a couple of months after I got to Baghdad . |
| 14 | One though , Urathion of Ullar , saw it for the world-destroying madness that it was . |
| 15 | It required absolutely no breaking in and I wore it for the first time on a nine hour Scottish hill day during the May heatwave in complete comfort . |
| 16 | That is where I spilled vodka on it the day I wore it for the first time . ’ |
| 17 | It poured out into the still night and Nuadu shivered , because he knew it for the evil magic of the Dark Ireland ; the ancient , malevolent enchantment of the necromancers . |
| 18 | My sister had a baby about three months ago , and I met it for the first time when I went home . ’ |
| 19 | Sonny , of course , never made it for the final show . |
| 20 | Now , while Anna slept , she read it for the tenth time . |
| 21 | He said it 's my fault ; but I did it for the best . ’ |
| 22 | Last season they won it for the second year in succession with some ease , and without their players being seriously extended . |
| 23 | They won it for the outstanding service that they had given two clients , Comfort Cooling and PSA . |
| 24 | They scarcely left it for the next two weeks , their passion putting her dreams to shame . |
| 25 | Yeah , and then from that they 've now got these fucking things that show the direction , the sign , the speed and oh its incredible sonar 's been going longer than radar , but only just we were the world leader 's now , I mean we cos we , cos we preserve fuel , we knew exactly , they left it for the last minute to get up there and intercept them . |
| 26 | She poured the coffee black , and left it for the three of them to add milk and sugar . |
| 27 | He wrote it for the young men who were dying in the war , but the words may offer a little comfort . |
| 28 | A thing of great beauty , it was not unusual to hear sharp intakes of breath as people beheld it for the first time . |
| 29 | As he said it for the first time a smile flickered across his face , and in that instant his features were totally transformed . |
| 30 | In fact , as she considered it for the first time , she wondered how any of them had survived to tell the tale . |