Example sentences of "it [verb] [pron] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I found the way here when I was a boy , and it spoils you for the human world . |
| 2 | ‘ It says something for the civilising effect of our upbringing that we can both sit here calmly sharing a meal together when we freely admit to the same deep-seated and violent antipathy . ’ |
| 3 | It hit me for the first time that the bands and comedians were going to be performing here for free , for John , for us . |
| 4 | When my feeble protests were ignored back there it hit me for the first time that I was n't a civilian any more . |
| 5 | If I rush it unsettles me for the whole session , and I invariably feel as though I have not done something right . |