Example sentences of "[verb] it [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leon threw the ball high , running for it himself and falling to catch it just for the pleasure of movement in sunshine . |
| 2 | And we worked on this contract for two month , to try it out for him but we were thirty pound a week less , and we had over two hundred slates a day more , on the on this contract . |
| 3 | The public is being asked to believe that an ill-conceived government has it in for these companies . |
| 4 | The 4th , 10th , 14th and 27th are all times when you may feel the cosmos has it in for you although these are the very points at which you could break the chains that have held you back for so long . |
| 5 | No wonder such families think providence has it in for them . |
| 6 | Ouch , I thought , that really hurt , and I clenched it tight for a moment to stop the pain , before looking to see the damage . |
| 7 | Before the right hon. Gentleman issues a denial , will he confirm that before the previous election the Tories said that they would continue to pay child benefit as before — only to freeze it immediately for three years when they took office ? |
| 8 | They clear the remaining forest by fire , opening it up for their own agriculture , or to hand over to cattle ranchers . |
| 9 | The hon. Gentleman says that that is what he is advocating , and says that we should reintroduce it now for those who face a shortfall in fees , but it would not make up the shortfall , because it would be part of the reasonable rate of fees . |
| 10 | I 'd like you to write it up for me . |
| 11 | The talk was recorded by Russell Mulford and we intend to write it up for the museum . |
| 12 | Do you want me to , to write it up for you |
| 13 | ‘ While you are waiting for God to write it down for you in capital letters , ’ Anna had shouted finally , exasperated out of all diplomacy , ‘ I shall decide for you both . |
| 14 | Erm I do n't think I have got any written down here for you to have a look so I 'll have to write it down for you erm stuff about Stanley knives . |
| 15 | Agrees to write it off for me . |
| 16 | Besides even if they did n't win it again for the next two million years we 'd never hear the end of it . |
| 17 | DENNIS JENKIN EXPLAINS HOW YOU CAN USE YOUR SPREADSHEET TO WORK IT OUT FOR YOU . |
| 18 | He spoke hesitantly as though trying to work it out for himself . |
| 19 | I 'll be happy to give you her address , or send it on for you . |
| 20 | Do n't I mean do n't , do n't buy it just for this it 's just that if you had it handy |
| 21 | We played with Gary player for the first two rounds and he was as miserable as sin about our luck with the weather because we caught it again for the second round . |
| 22 | He has several times got himself into a position of strength in his battle with parliament , and bartered it away for short-term gains . |
| 23 | Section 5(3) provides that a person is not liable under section 2 for any damage by an animal ‘ kept on any premises or structure to a person trespassing there , if it is proved either ( a ) that the animal was not kept there for the protection of persons or property ; or ( b ) ( if the animal was kept there for the protection of persons or property ) that keeping it there for that purpose was not unreasonable . ’ |
| 24 | The grocer had a grinder somewhere , and his wife unearthed it , dusted it down and plugged it in for me . |
| 25 | ‘ I saw you struggling with it ; you should have left it in the Range Rover — I would have lifted it out for you . ’ |
| 26 | Should you wish to pull it out for cleaning , it slides on thoughtfully designed skid feet . |
| 27 | I think there was one question I 'll I 'll root it out for next time erm and I was really stunned on it I might be okay on it now . |
| 28 | I got it somewhere , I 'll root it out for ya and I forgot to see Hilda about that |
| 29 | They moved it out for something reason so I had occasion to look at it more closely . |
| 30 | Say it again for me , Pam ? |