Example sentences of "[be] [prep] it for [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 That , no it 's not Colin he 's been in it for ages now .
2 Yes , aye there would be , just the same ladies that have s been in it for years .
3 ‘ I 've been over it for years .
4 They 've got people who 've been on it for years and years .
5 So that created a problem and we then found that a number of people were leaving Brothers to seek their fortunes elsewhere because the work that they liked to work on and you know traditionally they 'd been on it for years , er was no longer there and er subsequently there was a slip in the numbers employed .
6 You were at it for years before the others about millions being made from speculation .
7 Anyway , the Wild Wood is seething with them , and in its endless darkness the beasties multiply ; they 've no enemies to control them , and they 've been at it for centuries !
8 She 's probably been at it for years . ’
9 And you need n't have any feeling of compunction about him , for he 's been at it for years on the side , and you know it .
10 So what 's in it for Waterstones ?
11 What is in it for practitioners ?
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