Example sentences of "it [prep] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was it for this that earth grew tall ? |
| 2 | But was it for this that the trumpets blew so confidently when the TECs appeared , less than two years ago ? |
| 3 | I have to wait a while before I get a second chub , but it is worth it for this one weighs 4lb 10oz and fights like a demon . |
| 4 | That 's about it for this month . |
| 5 | I was pleased with W F Owtram 's opening two lines : ‘ Was it for this I quitted Rhondda , /In my dreams at large to wander … |
| 6 | It lacks the ‘ glad preamble ’ of the later texts , and by beginning at ‘ Was it for this … ’ ( 1805 Book i , line 271 ) appears to trace the growth of the mind from earliest consciousness . |
| 7 | Was it for this the clay grew tall ? |
| 8 | Although parts of this tradition have been examined in great detail , some of the most important aspects of it for this theme have received little attention . |
| 9 | Was it for this ? |
| 10 | And was it for this awfulness that she had taken the great jump that would divide her from the rest of her life , that she could never go back to , for this she had put herself beyond the pale and ruined her life ? |
| 11 | Some of my former colleagues would agree that my recent work is unhistorical but on the contrary condemn it for this — or rather they would condemn it did they not resort to the easier course of dismissing it as the gutterings of a senile mind . |
| 12 | Was it for this common servitor to censure his habits ? |
| 13 | ‘ You 'll open it for this one , Charlie , because it 's important to Mr Aplin — and that means it 's important to me . |
| 14 | ‘ Was it for this the clay grew tall , |
| 15 | And so the line could read , ‘ Was it for this the bodies of men grew tall ? ’ |
| 16 | That 's it for this week , until next week at the same time , good afternoon . |
| 17 | That is it for this week , so er hope you enjoyed it , join us next Friday for another er burning hot series of debates er another three ring circus , it 's called A Central Weekend . |
| 18 | Well that 's it for this week . |
| 19 | So that 's it for this week , sorry we did n't have room for our promised body building item , I 've been told to work on my pecs before we get back to it and er it should n't take too long . |
| 20 | And that 's just about it for this evening 's edition of Scotland Today . |
| 21 | They 're hoping to get it for this being an international airport . |
| 22 | And that 's it for this evening so I 'll look forward to seeing you next week then , okay ? |
| 23 | ‘ They asked for an appointment , so I arranged it for this afternoon . |
| 24 | We 're doing it for this little orphanage and it 's all terrible exciting . |
| 25 | Since then the Edinburgh Zoo has seen upwards of 50 000 people using it for this purpose in a year . |
| 26 | Was it for this the clay grew tall ? |
| 27 | Was it for this the clay grew tall ? |
| 28 | I goes er , oh I 'm recording it for this thing , she goes oh yeah my beard , ha , I was going I am , ha , but she did n't believe me , can I have some sauce please ? |
| 29 | put this program in and you swap it for this er map disk , then it comes up , you tell it where you are , where you going to and it works your route out |
| 30 | And then next week I must order some more coal for but erm , I 've got ta go outside here so no good doing it for this week is it ? |