Example sentences of "be [adj] [to-vb] it for " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're liable to confiscate it for the further entertainment of customs officers . ’ |
| 2 | It is not fair to have a dog if you are unable to take it for walks — even a small lap dog . |
| 3 | The industry said it would be preferable to leave it for up to a hundred years to allow its radioactivity to decay to a manageable level . |
| 4 | But , if you can isolate the component , it might be possible to swap it for a new one at minimum cost . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | If the odds were not grossly unfavourable , it should be possible to hold it for several hours . |
| 7 | And if this 6Mb does exist , would it be possible to recover it for general use ? |
| 8 | You said that it might be possible to get it for £50 . |
| 9 | If the pen 's barrel is not cracked and the lever is capable of movement then it should be possible to repair it for less than twenty pounds . |
| 10 | A : hello Mr Parkin this is Guy Cook here B : yes A : er do you remember um sending us a er an estimate for electrical repairs * for a hundred and fifty pounds * well I 've er just had a word with the Electricity Board with an engineer called Mr Golding and he tells me that the er the list of jobs you gave us unless there 's any special circumstances should not be more than around one hundred pounds B : oh * A : well he said he 'd have to look at it of course but er is there some special reason why you thought it would cost more A : well would you be prepared to do it for the price he quoted B : no A : well why not B : I ca n't afford it not with my wages and overheads £ I have A : well £ why should I pay an extra fifty pounds if I can get it done cheaper * B : well if you can do that * do |
| 11 | Sotheby 's was approached towards the end of 1988 , and , according to Llewellyn , ‘ We told the seller that we certainly would not be prepared to sell it for him unless it was clear that there were no existing legal claims to be made by any third parties against the picture . |
| 12 | He said he would be prepared to place it for me , and he was as good as his word . |
| 13 | It would be natural to take it for granted that the model and the dress designer were one and the same . |
| 14 | Her mum says we 'd be welcome to rent it for a couple of weeks . |
| 15 | Yet it will be hard to contain it for ever . |
| 16 | Since the debt is being traded at discounted rates on the secondary markets , Conservation International will be able to purchase it for about $1.8 million . |
| 17 | As far as East Germany is concerned , no doubt Western Germany will take care of that now , er who could or would be able to do it for Poland Czechoslovakia , Rumania and the Soviet Union , is very much more difficult to see , and of course , if the West were to rebuild all their , all their factories , er and they were all modern , and with their cheap labour force , they would then com , almost completely er destroy our industry I guess in competition so that we would have a , that would be another problem I guess . |
| 18 | And even if I did have and had a mustard seed here , you still would n't be able to see it for a mustard seed is no bigger than a pin head . |
| 19 | You 're resilient and intelligent enough to be able to see it for what it was . |
| 20 | So if a member borrowed to buy a practice for £200,000 , he might now be able to sell it for only £50,000 . |
| 21 | He calculates the car will last two more years after which he thinks he will be able to sell it for £400 . |
| 22 | Besides , he 'd never be able to sustain it for more than a minute or two . |
| 23 | She also said that when my tooth catches fire again , which it will , I wo n't be able to save it for love or money . |
| 24 | in order to get a better estimate of how accurately the clock works we need to be able to study it for much longer periods of time . |
| 25 | And I have grave doubts that I will be able to endure it for long after this … débâcle … this hideousness . ’ |
| 26 | Enclosed is a questionnaire designed to establish the percentage of women coaches in Scotland , and I hope you will be able to complete it for me , so that we get a true picture of all sports in Scotland . |
| 27 | He predicts that , within two years or so , people will be able to buy it for the price of a cheap piano . |
| 28 | Yeah , but I mean if you told them which one you want they may well still be able to get it for you It is three minutes is n't it ? |
| 29 | Oh I wo n't be able to get it for the following day . |
| 30 | Clearly , if you or I should happen to chance on a second , battered and with a dozen pages adrift , we should be happy to buy it for a modest sum . |