Example sentences of "for it [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The minor jobbing work such as labels , bills and prospectuses , which every printer undertook , was a valuable — perhaps an essential — part of the scheme , for it filled gaps that were too short for the stages of book production . |
| 2 | But such a strategy would not have served the United States ' interests , for it desired performance of the treaty . |
| 3 | From the burghers ' point of view , his death was a serious blow , for it forced Louis VI to punish them . |
| 4 | Like the military in other countries , it was of political importance because of extremely heavy defence expenditure and also because , in the last resort , the survival of the regime depended on its loyalty , for it had control of the nation 's weaponry . |
| 5 | Perhaps originally it had been the cellar of a Merchant 's House , for it had walls varying between three and four feet in thickness , whereas the walls of the house where I spent my boyhood were only one brick or nine inches thick . |
| 6 | Some rebuilding was carried out in 1804 , after the earlier building had been damaged by fire ( see Shrewsbury ) , for it had timber floors , but the main block is basically the same as originally built , and is still in use . |
| 7 | Although a small Privy Council is different from an informal inner ring , the new body does not seem entirely original , for it had precedents in the fifteenth century and in the early years of Henry VIII . |
| 8 | Every day they gazed with trembling at the cloud covering the mountain ( Exodus 19:16–20 ) , for it signified God 's coming down to speak with them . |
| 9 | The action that followed was one of the most bizarre that sailing-ships ever fought , for it took place in a November gale that might well have put the whole of both fleets on to the rocks , but it was a complete defeat for the French who lost nine ships while the British lost only two . |
| 10 | For it mistook Darren and Michelle Fryer for a giant heating boiler . |
| 11 | Nor could leaders of the Conservative party offer active support for the idea , for it implied lack of confidence in the leadership of Baldwin no less than in that of MacDonald . |
| 12 | Even the sight of the table , laid there before her , filled her with disgust , for it bore witness to so many foibles , so many fixed and rigid rules . |