Example sentences of "he [vb -s] it for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He writes it for me . |
| 2 | He has it for so long . |
| 3 | I du n no , he needs it for something . |
| 4 | ‘ Besides , ’ said Garvin , ‘ all he wants it for is to go to Monte Carlo again . |
| 5 | a lot of the people used to come in and they 'd be in in his hotel , boozing rather than being at the pub you know , he says it for me I got a bottle and everything there . |
| 6 | He uses it for taping i at work . |
| 7 | The co-existence of opposite feelings experienced by a spectator during a performance of tragedy is shared by the tragic artist himself Despite the pleasure he finds in appearances , he negates it for the higher satisfaction of their destruction . |
| 8 | He takes it for a walk — such walks have long been a ritual activity of the country 's more optimistic male poor , the dog more expensively jacketed than the chap . |
| 9 | He takes it for granted that in human generation the female is the passive principle , the male the active . |
| 10 | After the case , Mr Fox said : ‘ I 'm glad he 's gone to prison , he deserves it for what he did . |
| 11 | I expect he is going to die in prison and he deserves it for what he has done . ’ |
| 12 | Today , in Court 13 , he saves it for the end of his opening . |
| 13 | A person who picks mushrooms growing wild on any land , or who picks flowers , fruit or foliage from a plant growing wild on any land , does not ( although not in possession of the land ) , steal what he picks , unless he does it for reward or for sale or other commercial purpose . |
| 14 | He does it for vanity , to get a reputation , to obtain stipends and official positions . |
| 15 | You play with him Rachel he does it for you . |
| 16 | I shall repeat it as he works it for adults and then suggest how it might be adapted for children . |