Example sentences of "[to-vb] for it [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At rehearsals , Les Cox agreed it would be wiser not to practise falling down the stairs as it was a skill which took months to acquire — better just to go for it on the night . |
| 2 | She 's too stuck up to look for it in the back of a cab just yet , but it 'll come to it one day when she gets a few more years on her , even the milkman wo n't be safe and she 'll be grateful . |
| 3 | Although Tory Euro-rebels support the Government in opposing the social chapter , they are prepared to vote for it in the hope of wrecking the whole treaty . |
| 4 | Svend Larsen had told him that the farm was becoming vacant and had offered to negotiate for it on the Colonel 's behalf , the islanders not wanting incomers to buy up farms for weekend occupation only . |
| 5 | A little later , Emily was looking through her accounts and came across a bill for French calf ; thoughtfully , she turned it over in her hands , Hari would need to buy the calf too and the usual practice was to pay for it at the end of the month . |
| 6 | But it 's the year that you have n't , but yo the year before that you have n't yet paid for you have to pay for it in the year that it you do n't make any profit . |
| 7 | I used to tease Shaun a bit and I used to ask for it in a way . ’ |
| 8 | And often there 's nothing to show for it at the end . |
| 9 | ‘ He 's used to us going off for weeks and never getting in touch but he always has something to show for it at the end . |
| 10 | Though she was passing through what has been called her first industrial revolution , there was as yet little to show for it in the landscape . |