Example sentences of "for it [pers pn] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We still have doubts about the effects of GCSE — but if we did n't teach for it we would be handicapping unforgivably the pupils in our charge . |
| 2 | If the order goes ahead we take material A out of stock and since we have no other use for it we will not replace it — no cash flow . |
| 3 | Opportunity will come and in teaching the youngest of us to prepare for it we will all of us be fitter to take it should it come our way . ’ |
| 4 | If people had to put their hands in their own pockets and had to pay for it they would not drink so much . ’ |
| 5 | Tribunal chairman Mr Brown said : ‘ The cause of the trouble is free alcohol if people had to pay for it they would not drink so much . ’ |
| 6 | If people must pay for it they will take its effects into account in making private decisions and there will no longer be market failure . |
| 7 | It was his conception , his baby , and for it he would tolerate most things , including his suspicion of Trotskyism — whether of the IMG or IS variety — and of what he may have seen as Rowbotham 's ‘ hippy sentimentality ’ . |
| 8 | That caveat notwithstanding , those close to Mr Bush insist that there was an effort to get a non-military solution , and that if Saddam Hussein had reached out for it he could have walked away from Kuwait with something gained from his adventure . |
| 9 | I mean if you 'd have been reported last week for it you would think Yeah I 'm damn sure that 's right , you know . |
| 10 | I mean , when you can get Dick Tracy for free you 'll take it , but when you have to pay £10 for it you 'll leave it on the shelf . |
| 11 | I tell you what you can get for it you can have erm a make-up bag with a string of pearls in they 're not real one you can have er more of that moist erm tissue stuff er a bag with sweetener things in it there 's er a video about a Biggin Air Show and loads of marshmallows too for Kids ' County number two here 's the clues , It 's got barbed wire around it its made of wood it 's long . |
| 12 | if you do n't find use for it you can chuck it out . |
| 13 | If I 'd asked you for it you 'd probably have punched me in the eye . ’ |
| 14 | yeah , I really was quite , quite upset about it , well I do n't blame you for it I would n't of minded if she 'd said this morning when I 'd asked her |
| 15 | All right , so I 've got a bottle of Scotch which costs about 50 quid and if the studio does n't pay for it I 'll never work for them again , and a big pile of this flimsy hotel notepaper . |
| 16 | And to make up for it I 'll treat you to a slap-up lunch in Haverfordwest . ’ |
| 17 | If you were paying for it I could n't stop you now you 're sixteen |
| 18 | You see the piece I just read is a monologue and if I 'd known there was a competition for it I 'd have sent it there rather than |
| 19 | Oh well Ange if you ai n't got ta pay for it I 'd bloody take it . |