Example sentences of "it for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Others would buy it for a fancy dress party or a dare . |
| 2 | Which is a bit different and I 'd like to see it , that 's just one of my things , but again when you 're in , going into retirement I think you 've got to think about this , I mean I went , nobody twisted my arm , I went into that situation and I 've enjoyed it for a great many years , but now I 'm thinking I 'd , before I , it 's too late I want to have a , a l a fling in autumn as it were . |
| 3 | And the fact that they were doing it for a great deal more money , like Havvie Blaine , rather than for supper and a few pence , did n't make it any better . |
| 4 | Tory plans to sell it for a small shopping mall were scuppered when Labour seized control last year . |
| 5 | fourteen or I had a sixteen overhead cam Cortina engine sitting up the blokes just swapped it for a two litre cos he wanted some more go . |
| 6 | But there were plenty of beautiful and recognisable faces to be seen amongst the anonymous , but none-the-less powerful , fashion editors , still enough buying power in this room alone to rock empires , even if no house made a profit from the couture but rather used it for a loss-leading advertisement and a mark of prestige . |
| 7 | I said well if you got us a dog I 'd have to take it for a late night walk would n't I ? |
| 8 | Listen , listen to me , when it 's finished , instead of putting it in the box we 'll put it on that other one and listen to it for a wee while |
| 9 | However historically authentic ( or not ) this account may be , what is clear is that Hungarians adhered to it for a thousand years after their arrival in the Danubian plain at the beginning of the tenth century . |
| 10 | I reckon I 'd do it for a thousand pounds . |
| 11 | Buy it for a thousand or whatever . |
| 12 | From the tarn , I followed my nose down to a cairn that stands on the shoulder above Deepdale Side where the view down Deepdale into Dentdale was so good that I sat and looked at it for a good half-hour until the thought that I needed to be home by late afternoon pushed me on down to the green lane of the old Craven Way . |
| 13 | " I know you come over a little shy when I talk about you this way , Chuck , but I do it for a good reason , " continued the senator , lighting a Havana cigar with elaborate care . |
| 14 | ‘ You must have done it for a good reason . |
| 15 | Apply it with a roller in a thin , even coat and let it dry without disturbing it for a good 24 hours . |
| 16 | But , if you can isolate the component , it might be possible to swap it for a new one at minimum cost . |
| 17 | Charlie Chaplin 's silent black and white movies captivated the world in the early part of the century … and they 're still doing it for a new generation coming through . |
| 18 | The birth his birthday was twenty four months , that means from when you can buy it for a new born baby or somebody up to two years old , will be suitable for it . |
| 19 | But you 'd to me you do n't you do n't turn to stealing to do it for a one off . |
| 20 | KIND-HEARTED Jimmy Savile has fixed it for a badly-burned Romanian boy to have surgery in Britain . |
| 21 | Is it for a nice , Brian-type P R interview , in which case you think , ‘ Oh good , that probably means about ten minutes ? |
| 22 | I did n't see the new dog till it was nearly six months old and its mistress asked me to call to treat it for a slight attack of eczema . |
| 23 | They seemed centred on one particular grave , so the Doctor stepped over to it for a closer look . |
| 24 | It 's great , cos the water 's warm , and I fill up the sink and keep my hands in it for a long time . |
| 25 | Likely any car would have traces of it for a long time . |
| 26 | Though the supplier has no guarantee of the business , it has an advantage and , once it has the business , the firm can be fairly sure it will keep it for a long time . |
| 27 | She stared down at it for a long time . |
| 28 | I can not be sure that he noticed all that , but he stared at it for a long time , getting down on his hands . |
| 29 | If it has the Zenith then , if you are leaving it for a long period , try pulling out the choke after it has stopped . |
| 30 | No one 's touched it for a long , long time . |