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

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1 four week course , but he 's running it for two hours for two weeks .
2 Nice chap and he teaches creative writing in Glasgow , used to be a teacher then a teacher trainer and then I think took early retirement and he does this but made the point that he simply uses it for extra income for pleasure and interest as opposed I suppose to a way of writing you know so
3 ‘ You can have it for three nights for ninety then . ’
4 Because his wife had made dishes of it as first-night presents for the cast , apart from Titania , who was on a diet and would have to be dealt with in some other way .
5 ’ Think of it as another reason for you to stay away from big gorgeous women with enormous boobs ’ .
6 Shuffle it between enough parties for long enough and and the issues will get lost .
7 It was the kind of bed that made into a table and bench-seats during the day and you just took the table off its legs and fitted it into some slots for night-time .
8 Iran has , after all , infringed British sovereignty by forcing it into massive protection for one of its own citizens .
9 Do n't waste stale bread — make it into dried breadcrumbs for coating fried food .
10 Mr and Mrs Robinson , who own the house but have divided it into single bed-sits for Social Security tenants , told police that at first they thought their son had been a victim of cot death syndrome , but a post mortem examination revealed the murder and assault .
11 They were driving into the city now , and she looked around her , seeing it with different eyes for the first time , seeing it as a garrulous old lady with so much to tell to anyone willing to listen .
12 He watched it with intense concentration for a few moments , then left the room .
13 He looked at it with intense concentration for a few moments , then left the room .
14 He says you should serve it with whipped cream for a lighter Christmas dessert .
15 Hide the brackets by adding an edging of deep wallpaper border — backing it with stiff card for extra durability .
16 We found that a number of enterprises had defined this model and published it in internal documents for managers .
17 Indeed the business was said to have made ‘ the very best of progress ’ and its move to open systems is reckoned to stand it in good stead for the future .
18 We are too impertinent with the past , counting on it in this way for a reliable frisson .
19 Not only did factors draw on it in some years for London , but later in the century the rise of Plymouth as a naval centre provided a counter attraction for corn from its eastern half which might otherwise have gone into the increasingly populous western mining districts .
20 ‘ I am using it in yarn-dyed form for things like Tencel/rayon chambray for jackets and dresses .
21 But when the whole sum is due , by no intendment the acceptance of parcel can be a satisfaction to the plaintiff ; but in the case at bar it was resolved that the payment and acceptance of parcel before the day in satisfaction of the whole would be a good satisfaction in regard of circumstance of time ; for peradventure parcel of it before the day would be more beneficial to him than the whole at the day , and the value of the satisfaction is not material ; so if I am bound in £20 to pay you £10 at Westminster , and you request me to pay you £5 at the day at York , and you will accept it in full satisfaction for the whole £10 , it is a good satisfaction for the whole , for the expenses to pay it at York is sufficient satisfaction . ’
22 That 's it from Central News for now …
23 For certain there will be changes , but it is doubtful if there will ever be such a long line of devoted , generous and hardworking people as those who served the Club so enthusiastically in immensely difficult times , and saved it from certain closure for the likes of ourselves to enjoy .
24 If you are not completely satisfied , return it within 30 days for replacement or refund .
25 Bennett , the original owner of a Jaguar car entrusted it to one Searle for some repairs to be carried out .
26 It is well worth covering your design with some glass and then carefully putting it to one side for a while before returning to it later .
27 It 's well worth investing in a packet of wild rice ; it 's expensive but you can add it to brown rice for a more exotic effect .
28 He had paid it no attention , for the light still reached it only by reflected glimpses ; but Isambard had lived with it on close terms for fifteen years , and knew it line for line and feature for feature .
29 Er but there are of course h n while we 're on that point there are , I 'm afraid , there are s people who take advantage of Marks and Spencers , erm because they know there 's going to be no problem about having goods exchanged so what they do , they buy something from Marks and Spencers wear it on one evening for , for a party or special occasion
30 I think she should mentally wrap him in a parcel , tie it tight with string and put it on one side for the moment .
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