Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [verb] it for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Putting their dinner on the table , Trent reached for the photograph and studied it for the umpteenth time since finding it on Don Roberto 's piano — his mother , and the Colonel as a young man . |
| 2 | ‘ We had set a target of £600,000 to cover buying the equipment and running it for the first couple of years , ’ she said . |
| 3 | Like my man in Hampstead , he does n't trust people to collect money and use it for the purpose they say they will . |
| 4 | But it needs some encouragement to port to Unix and substitute it for the server , rather than OS/2 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I am sure this would only be a minority but it is always the minority that spoil it for the majority . |
| 8 | Presumably , therefore , a House of Commons bent on pressing a Bill to extend the life of Parliament could do so by first abolishing the House of Lords under the Parliament Act procedure and then passing the Bill and presenting it for the Royal Assent . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The Federal Assembly on May 2 voted in favour of abolishing the death penalty and replacing it for the relevant offences with life imprisonment . |
| 11 | There Rowicki created the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra , building it from scratch and directing it for the next five years . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Sometimes , however , it is sensible to think of reducing length for a short player or increasing it for the giant . |
| 15 | 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 . |