Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] it [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Financial Times ' headline ‘ US and UK groups battle it out for contracts ’ on February 11 is the title of a report which notes that ‘ British engineers say US project managers traditionally prefer to operate with other US companies . ’ |
| 2 | Taken by Phillips looks for Pearce left Oldfield wins it back for Leicester though . |
| 3 | She could have asked for the moon , and seen the clansmen climb on each other 's shoulders to reach it down for her . |
| 4 | There was about a quarter of the bottle left , and Edward poured it out for both of them . |
| 5 | Twelve years after the Republicans moved into the White House and 13 months after the Arkansas governor launched his long-shot bid to win it back for the Democrats , the man on the defensive was Mr Bush . |
| 6 | Shiona thought disapprovingly , as she crossed to the coffee-maker to switch it on for herself . |
| 7 | In regga a producer frequently utilises the same backing track for several different vocals , but only Steely & Clevie would dare let them all play at once on a dub , allowing several different melodies to fight it out for dominance of a different rhythm . |
| 8 | Shufflebotham picked it up for him . |
| 9 | Cooper 's header clear Thomson wins it back for Leicester , gets it back again from Greyson . |
| 10 | DENNIS JENKIN EXPLAINS HOW YOU CAN USE YOUR SPREADSHEET TO WORK IT OUT FOR YOU . |
| 11 | " In that case we must ask St Anthony to get it back for us . |
| 12 | In the thirtieth minute , Gary Weaving scored what looked like a perfectly good goal , only for the linesman to rule it out for offside , to everyone 's dismay . |
| 13 | Now you know this , do n't start applying it rigorously as a rule which will inhibit your sailing , merely let the body work it out for itself by noticing the levelness of the horizon . |
| 14 | Last year 's budget debacle , in which Mr Brown and Mr Wilson slugged it out for 64 days , took all the state 's politicians to new lows in popularity . |
| 15 | Endill thought it over for a few moments . |
| 16 | A few stragglers kept it up for a few seconds , then there was nothing . |
| 17 | To have it in er Daily Post , The Post is the morning one The Echo 's the evening to have it in for one day in The Post and The Echo , how much ? |
| 18 | But Pete , I may be a bit of a shit mysel' and not exactly a paragon of virtues , and mebbee I 'm not what I made people think I was , but that does n't mean that it is n't true — ; the greed of the bourgeoisie , the oppression , the need to show it up for what it is . |
| 19 | It is n't a question of the Director working it out for the Designer . |
| 20 | I must confess the moment er Stan Collimore set it up for Webb , I mean it 's a nice ball he does brilliant here Colin , checks the and shapes a nice little ball into Webby 's path and the one thing Webby 's still got he 's he 's got good feet . |
| 21 | A mechanic friend at Merpati Airlines picked it up for us . |
| 22 | No wonder such families think providence has it in for them . |
| 23 | He specialises in the period between 1500 and 1675 and is also keen on art : last year he bought a Van Dyck from Althorp when the Spencers put it up for sale . |
| 24 | But it was left to Oxford Hawks in the gold shirts and Gloucester City in the red to battle it out for the minor places in a Central South derby . |
| 25 | Septimus brought it down for me one Christmastime when I was just a girl — before the last war anyhow . |
| 26 | The two head office teams battled it out for the top spot , but it was no surprise to see , a Bolton Sailing Club member along with his father , steer his craft over the line first . |
| 27 | Tolstoy spells it out for the reader in ways that are terribly painful ; he leaves no room for pictures ’ ( quoted ibid . |
| 28 | Now in a big department store , say like Debenhams , you could go in , and you could select your cloth and get the ladies round the back to make it up for you . |
| 29 | The BBC switches it on for you by remote control smart card technology and training material is sent through the post . ’ |
| 30 | We come now to vote on this addendum to deliverance n number four and , since it is in print , we do n't need to ask the clerk to read it out for us , so therefore as , ask those who wish to vote for this addendum would you please stand . |