Example sentences of "it [prep] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought ‘ interesting ’ and kept it for pet for about three weeks ; I called it George , and people would give me extra helpings ‘ because you 're eating for two now . ’ |
| 2 | So he bought it for Christmas for you no |
| 3 | They should have it for cash for Monday should n't they ? |
| 4 | We have stressed the regularity that is observed in free-running experiments and interpreted it as evidence for the body clock . |
| 5 | It is negotiable , and if the drawer is of financial substance or if it is supported by some sort of security , cash may be raised by discounting it , selling it , or lodging it as collateral for a loan . |
| 6 | A woman who was in danger of losing her home after she mortgaged it as security for her husband 's business debts , has won the right to keep it following a victory in the House of Lords . |
| 7 | The railway made it worth while for Gustave : he could get to Mantes and back without too much trouble ; and Louise 's complaints perhaps seemed a reasonable price to pay for such accessible pleasure . |
| 8 | The railway made it worth while for Louise : Gustave was never really far away , however severe he sounded in his letters ; the next one would surely say that they could meet again , that only two hours separated them . |
| 9 | And the railway made it worth while for us , who can now read the letters which resulted from that prolonged erotic oscillation . |
| 10 | By relieving it of responsibility for details , Parliament was thereby able to concentrate on major issues of policy . |
| 11 | The National Trust owns a considerable land area , much of it of importance for nature conservation . |
| 12 | ‘ She has been absolutely wonderful and has made it like home for us . |
| 13 | When we do find one , it takes me and my tech about a month to get it into shape for going out with the band . ’ |
| 14 | Weighing just 400 grammes , the PenPad is able to recognise handwriting and turn it into text for storage , fax transmission or print-out . |
| 15 | Copy the formula from your spreadsheet and then paste it into Word for Windows . |
| 16 | Cut it down , dye it red and press it into service for that next dinner dance ? |
| 17 | As he thought of this he grasped on to it with relief for it seemed to give him a reason to do nothing , though in his heart he knew it was fear , not duty , that prevented him from flying . |
| 18 | I 'll wear it with love for ever , |
| 19 | Within this tomb is laid the body of the Christian Emperor Charlemagne , who guided the kingdom of the Franks with distinction and ruled it with success for 47 years . |
| 20 | Also try mixing it with oatmeal for a really effective exfoliating scrub . |
| 21 | But , as Mr Nearn points out , it is a driver 's car , and motoring journalists have heaped it with praise for many years , one even going so far as to say that your smile ‘ will need surgically removing ’ after driving one . |
| 22 | M My Lords , first of all the there are a number of reports out now very erm good reports that do encourage primary schools to look and exploit the specialisms of the teachers on their staff and that would cover of course people who have a specialism in teaching this subject and it is also true , sadly in the case of some schools who wo n't allow er people who are specialists in the subject and can speak about it with authority for example er local vicars and priests and , and faith healers who can come in help in a school , but where those schools do ex exploit the expertise in the community , the school is enriched by that . |
| 23 | We view it with pleasure for some time , and then , inevitably , at the right psychological moment , we turn back to the Parthenon with our interest renewed , perhaps moving to a different viewpoint , to see things differently . |
| 24 | Mr Means , who in real life seized Wounded Knee on behalf of the American Indian Movement ( AIM ) in 1973 , and held it under siege for 71 days , knows what he 's talking about . |
| 25 | So we propose to cut that support by half in this year and to keep it under review for future years as well . |
| 26 | At the fourteenth siege of Tor Alessi he charged right into the heart of the Dwarf infantry and was cut down by King Gotrek who snatched the Phoenix crown from his corpse and took it in payment for the Elves ' insolence . |
| 27 | I need the boat back by the end of the week to get it in shape for the pre-race trials . ’ |
| 28 | If land is given to an infant by will or conveyed to him on an intestacy the legal estate vests in the representatives of the deceased who hold it in trust for the infant . |
| 29 | He told me all that she had to say when she left it in trust for me . |
| 30 | Where , in competition with the liquidator of an insolvent company , a creditor of the company was successful in obtaining a renewal of the certificate ( though he had neither right to , nor possession of , the premises in respect of which the certificate was granted ) and admitted that he held it in trust for the company 's creditors , he was ordered to deliver up the certificate to the liquidator : Wm . |