Example sentences of "for it [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A fervent follower of the tariff reform movement of Joseph Chamberlain [ q.v. ] , he began to write leaders and articles for the Morning Post under the editorship of his friend ( Sir ) Fabian Ware [ q.v. ] ; in 1906 he wrote articles for it during the course of a journey through Canada , Australia , New Zealand , and South Africa . |
| 2 | Well you wo n't get a decent price for it at a car boot sale John . |
| 3 | And if you did n't pay for it at the weekend you got no groceries next week . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't think you will care for it at the Rectory , ’ Aunt Emily said . |
| 5 | ‘ I know if I happen to find a bunch that 's been thrown out 'cause it 's past its best , I can likely get a threepenny piece for it at the railway station . |
| 6 | They looked for it at the hospital and at the police station . |
| 7 | A little later , Emily was looking through her accounts and came across a bill for French calf ; thoughtfully , she turned it over in her hands , Hari would need to buy the calf too and the usual practice was to pay for it at the end of the month . |
| 8 | Another Haute , Edmund , lost an annuity to Walter Hungerford , who petitioned for it at the end of May : an indication that the family 's gains from royal service were recognized as being available for redistribution . |
| 9 | And often there 's nothing to show for it at the end . |
| 10 | ‘ He 's used to us going off for weeks and never getting in touch but he always has something to show for it at the end . |
| 11 | Another Haute , Edmund , lost an annuity to Walter Hungerford , who petitioned for it at the end of May : an indication that the family 's gains from royal service were recognized as being available for redistribution . |
| 12 | It seems odd , in retrospect , to see governments delegating so passively their most important educational function , but there were two main reasons for it at the time . |
| 13 | If I could have thought of a use for it at the time , I would have stayed and bid . |
| 14 | Erm , as the person who mo , moved the original motion , I would be very happy to move the recommendations , and to thank Mr , Mrs , Mr and Mr , who are the only members here present who voted for it at the time . |
| 15 | And I think what the Council 's got to do and I think what the what the what the theatre perhaps has to do is only make that leisure card more easily acceptable and available and also look upon the reductions that we give but that perhaps is a way of actually rewarding the people in Harlow to use the theatre and the contribution in actually paying for it at the expense of the people coming in from outside who perhaps do n't pay anything towards the expense of the theatre . |
| 16 | I asked for it at the suggestion of my cousin Sarah , who was slightly older than me and whom I greatly admired . |
| 17 | When the post of Missioner at Warrington became vacant , he applied for it at the age of 38 , and he remained at Warrington until his retirement thirty years later . |
| 18 | ‘ Right , once the next large one goes by we will make a dash for it to the middle of the bay . |
| 19 | A debtor appears unable to pay a debt if the debt is payable immediately and either : ( i ) the petitioning creditor has served on the debtor a statutory demand in the prescribed form requiring him to pay the debt or to secure or compound for it to the satisfaction of the creditor , at least three weeks have elapsed since the demand was served and the demand has been neither complied with nor set aside ( s 268(1) ( a ) ) ; or ( ii ) execution or other enforcement action on a judgment has been returned unsatisfied in whole or in part ( s 268(1) ( b ) ) . |
| 20 | A had no proprietary interest in the farm but had transmitted earlier offers for it to the bank who were trustees of it . |
| 21 | When you find a place that is satisfactory , though , the first thing to do is to make an offer for it to the estate agent . |
| 22 | This can now be seen at Scotland 's only Thai restaurant , Buntom 's in Nelson Street , the proprietors having given most generously for it to the cause . |
| 23 | I have in fact si since seeing this sent her a copy of the paper I put to this meeting , erm , having seen that , because I did n't know that she was waiting for it to the commentary with . |
| 24 | Rather than reveal qualitative differences among the banks and draw the public 's attention to the bad-debt mess ( not to mention the responsibility for it of the finance ministry , which regulates banks ) , officials are doing everything they can to help banks sweep their problems under the carpet . |
| 25 | This service averages over five hundred separate insertions per month , and while in the strictest sense of the term you do pay for it via the call charge , it still represents amazing value for money . |
| 26 | The road passes the farm of Braida Garth , across fields to the left , and a short mile further on Keld Head will be reached and passed unnoticed — unless a watch is kept for it over the roadside wall . |
| 27 | Search for it through the wodge of bits of paper and exercise books and writing pads that my dreams , all my precious dreams are scribbled on . |
| 28 | They was looking for it on a list . |
| 29 | The secretary entered with the coffee tray and made room for it on the desk . |
| 30 | Watch out for it on the ski slopes — if red is the choice , at least you 'll see it coming ! |