Example sentences of "it [adv prt] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cusworth , England 's former stand-off who still turns it on for the Tigers , leaves for a fortnight 's holiday next week . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 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 | ‘ You have rather got it in for the doctor , have n't you ? ’ said Henry easily . |
| 6 | The weather God had it in for the night patrol . |
| 7 | There was er she said , Blue Peter , and they should have put it in because they 've got it in for the kids . |
| 8 | But you can get it in For the first time at any age . |
| 9 | But if we do n't get a good response to this I might stick it in for the day in The Post . |
| 10 | Rumour had it the owner of the Gazi burned it down for the insurance money . |
| 11 | On application they literally digest smells by producing enzymes which attack the source of the odour , breaking it down for the bacteria to absorb . |
| 12 | Hankin added : ‘ We received a biggish bid for a youngster , but I turned it down for the benefit of the future of Darlington . ’ |
| 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 | So remember you hold it down for the right length and quickly take your hand off , as soon as you 've done it . |
| 15 | This seems quite difficult at first , but you should soon be able to weave more quickly as you find out when you move your hand to release the yarn ready to lay it over for the next row . |
| 16 | You just take it over for the weekend ? |
| 17 | She fluffed it in rehearsal , but pulled it off for the cameras . |
| 18 | I , I 'll hold it off for the I 'm economizing on the |
| 19 | Mr Sweet does not want to farm the site , but dig it up for the valuable peat underneath . |
| 20 | He held it up for the others to see and then threw it at the thin man contemptuously who automatically caught it in both hands . |
| 21 | The Queen obviously has a sense of humour , as was evident from her hamming it up for the cameras . |
| 22 | The only thing on the ground floor that was similar to a dressing-room was a gents ' loo , so we set about disguising its true purpose by dressing it up for the evening . |
| 23 | I would have had another one on the third day as well , but I gave it up for the opportunity to go rabbiting with the lad who worked for Brian . |
| 24 | As Evans-Pritchard succinctly sums it up for the Zande : ‘ Every misfortune supposes witchcraft , and every enmity suggests its author ’ . |
| 25 | Boil it up for the dogs . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've given it up for the moment , ’ he said . |
| 27 | He was not using it to further his own human development , he was using it up for the profit of the people who paid him , the anonymous shareholders and their abstract interests . |
| 28 | The talk was recorded by Russell Mulford and we intend to write it up for the museum . |
| 29 | We will include this poem : I 've been saving it up for the right occasion . ’ |
| 30 | They they something like , and I 'll look it up for the precise wording , that this would be acting like greenbelt . |