Example sentences of "it [adv] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He refuses to play for the moment , boldly pressing on where others tend to dwell ; yet , with those Philadelphians really turning it on for the composer with whom this orchestra is most indelibly associated , superbly captured in Decca sound of great sumptuousness and tonal allure ( even if not always ideally balanced ) , it all makes for compulsive listening . |
| 2 | Cusworth , England 's former stand-off who still turns it on for the Tigers , leaves for a fortnight 's holiday next week . |
| 3 | Still , I had an overseas news radio set and sometimes at dusk when I turned it on for the BBC overseas news , the light on its dial welcomed me like a beacon from home . |
| 4 | You can put one on them we 've converse for the , put it on for the evening |
| 5 | Members of these covens are usually ‘ nominal ’ witches who pay only lip-service to the dogmas and are interested in it only for the kicks it provides . |
| 6 | But if we do n't get a good response to this I might stick it in for the day in The Post . |
| 7 | The weather God had it in for the night patrol . |
| 8 | ‘ You have rather got it in for the doctor , have n't you ? ’ said Henry easily . |
| 9 | There was er she said , Blue Peter , and they should have put it in because they 've got it in for the kids . |
| 10 | Rumour had it the owner of the Gazi burned it down for the insurance money . |
| 11 | Hankin added : ‘ We received a biggish bid for a youngster , but I turned it down for the benefit of the future of Darlington . ’ |
| 12 | On application they literally digest smells by producing enzymes which attack the source of the odour , breaking it down for the bacteria to absorb . |
| 13 | computers and that and er he left it and he just carried on talking about this that and the other , and he says right I 'm going and he went and he left the game , he 'd brought it down for the kids , he did n't say , you know |
| 14 | ‘ Unlike some he is prepared to work hard and is not in it just for the glory . |
| 15 | More than half did it just for the thrill of sex with someone new . |
| 16 | You did it just for the delight of fishing . ’ |
| 17 | Now independent taxation , as you may know , came in , we 're now in ninety three four , I 've only just altered the heading because very little else has changed and I 'm a lazy so and so I ca n't rewrite it just for the heading . |
| 18 | Most of them are in it just for the bylines and the booze , you know . |
| 19 | What 's more , Bishop is n't in it just for the money , he wants to see some blood spilt — even that of his friends … |
| 20 | Treat the family and serve it with your favourite meats and salads — do n't save it just for the turkey ! |
| 21 | Can I just ask you both er are you unwilling to modify the standard follow up er cystoscopy for G three tumours and for T one tumours , or is it just for the G three T one . |
| 22 | Do n't have it just for the thing that 's free inside . |
| 23 | I could n't motivate myself to do it just for the sake of it . |
| 24 | I know what you girls are like , you say you 'll just have it short to see what it looks like , and then you say Pedro at the salon wo n't let you grow it just for the moment , and then you say you 've got to look your best for some wedding or other and you ca n't go with it straggly and then you end up not growing it again and if I do n't mention it every week you think I 've learned to like it and if I do mention it every week you think I 'm nagging so I do n't mention it and I 'm stuck with it . |
| 25 | Leon threw the ball high , running for it himself and falling to catch it just for the pleasure of movement in sunshine . |
| 26 | All might still have been well were it not for the rupture-discs on the vents above the reactor . |
| 27 | I fancy that across the channel where Napoleon 's wars were ravaging all Europe , our two innkeepers fell flat as pancakes , and were it not for the felicities of their translator they would scarcely be worth comment . |
| 28 | A similar decision would have come from the White House by now were it not for the delay in finding a defence secretary . |
| 29 | However , I would not be here were it not for the Certificate which I shall outline briefly to you . |
| 30 | This long experience , monopoly position and continued popularity might have engendered an element of complacency were it not for the enthusiasm and dynamism of the teaching team assisted by the advice and encouragement of industry representatives . |