Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] it for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a person wishes to give up his physical integrity in certain circumstances , or to risk it for the sake of sport or excitement , should the criminal law allow the consent to negative what would otherwise be a crime ? |
| 2 | The draftsman should therefore consider whether the landlord should have the right to enter the demise for other purposes also ( eg testing the property , taking samples from it or measuring it for the purpose of rent review ) . |
| 3 | Sometimes , however , it is sensible to think of reducing length for a short player or increasing it for the giant . |
| 4 | Some may choose to neglect their health or to trade it for the freedom to do other things , as does the business executive who opts for a stressful way of life in pursuit of material success . |
| 5 | I am sure this would only be a minority but it is always the minority that spoil it for the majority . |
| 6 | Dirichlet , appalled by this , grabbed the page from Gauss and treasured it for the rest of his life . |
| 7 | Welcome back to Central News South : Coming up in a few minutes , the farmer who 's taken maternity hospital technology and adapted it for the lambing season . |
| 8 | in the end , Graham decided to donate the tank , equipment and fish and maintain it for the hospital free of charge . |
| 9 | When they reached the next chamber he extinguished it and exchanged it for the torch . |
| 10 | He said : ‘ Money 's available to George , but there 's no point in him rushing out and spending it for the hell of it . |
| 11 | They are using it as part of their module to train for the real business world by setting up their own venture and running it for the school year . |
| 12 | Like my man in Hampstead , he does n't trust people to collect money and use it for the purpose they say they will . |
| 13 | But it needs some encouragement to port to Unix and substitute it for the server , rather than OS/2 . |
| 14 | Try sending a fax to the main Leeds Utd number ( coming up ) , and mark it for the attention of the SOUVENIR SHOP . |
| 15 | He was in a position to adjust his price to maximise potential gain for the firm , and to minimise it for the client . |
| 16 | By closing time the place was like an alcoholic Turkish bath , and leaving it for the trip over Stonesdale Moor in the lashing rain was a sore wrench indeed . |
| 17 | It 's also a source of food and sport for Lithuanians who ride and ski in their forests and hunt game and prepare it for the table . |
| 18 | De Valois saw it and accepted it for the repertory . |
| 19 | Yes , er maybe I would n't have mentioned it , but er , well , that 's a story of one like dozens of people , congratulating us , that at long last we 're going to do something about the environment and protect it for the future of our children , and they consider it money well spent , and asking the question , why was n't it never done before . |
| 20 | However , perhaps the National Deaf Club 's most distinguished member was Arthur James Wilson , who succeeded S. Bright Lucas to the presidency and held it for the rest of his life . |
| 21 | But getting it for the Megatape ? |
| 22 | It would not allow it to be enforced against the promisor ; and if property had been transferred , the recipient was treated as holding it for the benefit of the person who had parted with it , and as bound to restore it . |
| 23 | Again , a person who acquires property for his own benefit by taking advantage of his position as trustee will be treated as holding it for the benefit of those entitled under the trust . |