Example sentences of "[prep] it for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He was then taken outside and made to dig a grave in the rocky , frozen ground , which took about three hours , before sleeping in it for the night . |
| 32 | Kim 's only in it for the money . |
| 33 | I think that the other side of that is that not everyone in private provision is in it for the money . |
| 34 | And there 's another side to that which is that some people in the statutory provision are in it for the money , for their careers , for empire building and so on . |
| 35 | ‘ I agree , but then he was only in it for the money . |
| 36 | Besides , there 's nothing in it for the family . ’ |
| 37 | Private court patronage was not just a reserve of employment for members of a political interest , however , for there was danger in it for the patron . |
| 38 | But that may happen to you anywhere , if there is any profit in it for the criminal . ’ |
| 39 | she 's obviously in it for the bet . |
| 40 | What I really want is to meet someone who I can have a bit of fun with , but who is in it for the pleasure and does n't want paying . |
| 41 | One senior minister said : ‘ There was nothing in it for the Right . ’ |
| 42 | One senior minister said : ‘ There was nothing in it for the Right . ’ |
| 43 | But what is in it for the female ? |
| 44 | What would she write in it for the week in which she visited the fire station ? |
| 45 | ‘ Hired murderers — in it for the blood money . |
| 46 | Well at least there 's something in it for the viewer . |
| 47 | If the description of integrated circuits given earlier is now considered , it can be seen that the requirements are met ; there are two or more layers ( usually three ) , one layer is made of a semiconducting material and a pattern is fixed upon it for the purpose of performing an electronic function . |
| 48 | She hoped it had n't been anything serious but if it was n't then he ought not to have brooded over it for the rest of the day . |
| 49 | He 's got this really boring name — Stuart Hughes , I ask you , there 's a career in soft furnishings for you , no qualifications needed except the perfect name , sir , and you 've got it — and he 's quite complacent about answering to it for the rest of his days . |
| 50 | She informed me that a double room at the front was available , though I was welcome to it for the price of a single . |
| 51 | Yet again , a big , comparatively heavy bait such as a lobworm , on a clean bottom may require only a few inches , for the sheer weight of this bait means the bream has to position himself quite close to it for the suck to be effective . |
| 52 | He made a pun on it for the title of his revue Cranks . |
| 53 | Having allowed a particular expense for some eight years , they are now hassling me on it for the year 1991 . |
| 54 | * Get into the habit of standing back from your essay so that you can comment on it for the benefit of your reader ( see p. 104 ) . |
| 55 | Mr. Harrison relies on it for the statement in the judgment of Lord Denman C.J. , at p. 683 : ‘ The debtee 's discharge of one joint and several debtor is a discharge of all . ’ |
| 56 | Later , when the Northern Ireland Office was established , it relied heavily on it for the information on which it based security and political activities . |
| 57 | Panyi island , where Sapan and Strawberry lived , had only enough room on it for the mosque . |
| 58 | There is a resigned look from Ann and Tony , but John and I ( the more English pair ? ) take ice axes and haul a small berg ashore , beating lumps off it for the tea . |
| 59 | That 's about it for the plot , except to say that it all ends happily with the birth of a new egalitarian mobster alliance . |
| 60 | They argued about it for the rest of the afternoon , he becoming sullen and sorry , she remaining dispassionate , untouched-She was impressed by his sudden remorse . |