Example sentences of "it [adv prt] for the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He refuses to play for the moment , boldly pressing on where others tend to dwell ; yet , with those Philadelphians really turning it on for the composer with whom this orchestra is most indelibly associated , superbly captured in Decca sound of great sumptuousness and tonal allure ( even if not always ideally balanced ) , it all makes for compulsive listening . |
| 2 | But if we do n't get a good response to this I might stick it in for the day in The Post . |
| 3 | Hankin added : ‘ We received a biggish bid for a youngster , but I turned it down for the benefit of the future of Darlington . ’ |
| 4 | He was not using it to further his own human development , he was using it up for the profit of the people who paid him , the anonymous shareholders and their abstract interests . |
| 5 | If I was n't able to admit it to some old woman I 'd never see again and who did n't matter a scrap to me , how was I going to face it out for the rest of my life ? |
| 6 | But maybe the leaders , Brice Lalonde and Antoine Waechter , will have to fight it out for the leadership of a united ‘ green ’ party before a real alliance can be forged . |
| 7 | The Maritime Museum is fighting it out for the title with the National Fishing Heritage Museum in Grimsby and the Museum of Childhood in Edinburgh . |
| 8 | German Shepherds from eight different police forces are battling it out for the title of the best in the west . |
| 9 | In this respect , it would seem to be more important that family relationships improve , whether or not husband and wife remain together , rather than urging parents to ‘ stick it out for the sake of the children ’ in unhappy marriages . |
| 10 | THE attentions of General Motors , the world 's largest car manufacturer , can be hard to resist — something Jaguar may very soon discover as GM and its US rival , Ford , slug it out for the hand of the embattled luxury car maker . |
| 11 | Tolstoy spells it out for the reader in ways that are terribly painful ; he leaves no room for pictures ’ ( quoted ibid . |