Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun sg] [verb] it for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following the demise of current cost accounting in the private sector and the apparent determination of the Treasury to retain it for nationalized industries , the fact that Byatt strongly endorsed its retention in the public sector is important , particularly from the policy-making perspective . |
| 2 | Howard 's huge drive and Mark 's incredibly difficult 3-iron from the edge of the bunker sealed it for us . |
| 3 | Chauveau added : ‘ I know Peterborough are very upset about it but it does n't change the fact that one moron behind the goal ruined it for everybody . ’ |
| 4 | Air is introduced into the stomach to distend it for easier visualisation . |
| 5 | There 's too much to be done in the garden to leave it for a week or more . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The label on the tin recommends it for church furniture and floors ’ . |
| 8 | The question is whether the prohibition on alienating the land followed by the exhortation to keep it for descendants amounts to a trust . |