Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] for it " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can increase your chances of success by raising the kicking foot sufficiently for it to travel horizontally into the target . |
| 2 | Between the late-nineteenth century and the 1980s , there was a progressive decline in the occurrence of industrial confrontation only for it to dramatically reappear between 1983 and 1985 . |
| 3 | And why did n't they just pad you — why did you have to put on weight specially for it ? |
| 4 | The two situations complement each other , although there was no intention originally for it to turn out that way … ’ |
| 5 | " I have a carrier here for it . " |
| 6 | Fifty pound again for it . |
| 7 | It sets the scene perhaps for it said it is the blessing of the Lord that makes rich and he adds no sorrow to it . |
| 8 | Oh no , oh no , oh there were all v very few and far be there may have been local strikes but , such as one day er a grievance been put in and the men struck work just for it . |
| 9 | It is widely known that the new repository will run on AIX and OS/2 , but it may surprise many that the thing is also up under OS/400 as well as on Ultrix , HP-UX and Solaris and that IBM has funded development work internally for it to appear on these non-IBM versions . |
| 10 | ( When selling a seven year old car you might try to get a bit more for it because of its low mileage . |
| 11 | got quite a lot of money off for it . |
| 12 | Test me in this , ’ says the Lord Almighty , ‘ and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it . |
| 13 | ‘ This point can be proved by the constable dealing with the case describing the place sufficiently for it to come within the definition of ‘ street ’ at ( B ) 2 ante . |
| 14 | Thucydides ' praise of Archelaos , written not long before the latter 's death in 399 , tells how he built forts and straight roads , and reorganized the army , both infantry and cavalry arms , doing more for it than all his eight predecessors put together . |
| 15 | The lads were ‘ bang up for it — Talking Heads has been one of our favourite bands for a long time ’ , and another odd musical alliance was struck up , adding to a curious list of collaborations including the Velvet Underground 's John Cale ( who produced ‘ Squirrel And G-Man ’ ) and Donovan ( who supported them on tour ) . |
| 16 | I shall be bringing out a very large book on all aspects of marines in the latter half of this year , so keep an eye out for it . |
| 17 | Er it costs so much , nobody 's got enough money to , to put the money up for it to erm be at a price which would be affordable , unfortunately . |
| 18 | Well we 've got a handset somewhere for it . |
| 19 | And all the guys at the back the T T S put my name down for it because they had great hilarity |
| 20 | Well , you can put my name down for it , maybe at Christmas for a couple of days . |
| 21 | I talked them into it because at first they were scared , one because they thought they 'd get docked for it — but they said we could have half a day off for it and not get docked — and also because they thought Ros and Maureen were going to be looking down on them , " Oh , you 're only young girls ' , things like that . |
| 22 | So whoever 's going sign up for it . |
| 23 | Are you gon na get an agenda out for it Trevor before |
| 24 | In doing so , one must reiterate that , as mentioned at the beginning of the chapter , one is anticipating a conclusion that will be reached in the following chapter , namely that the " Mustakimzade tradition " , for all its faults , is perhaps marginally less unsatisfactory than other accounts of the origins of the Muftilik , though as has been , and will be , seen , there is very little in the way of solid evidence even for it . |
| 25 | No , she said , I 've been there yesterday , but er I lost a brooch , and I wish you would be on the look out for it . |
| 26 | We got a telling off for it though . |
| 27 | She only has to wear an outfit once for it to become an instant fashion trend . |
| 28 | Erm I wo n't really comment on in any detail on on the forty one thousand figure because it 's ours and I think we put sufficient justification in for it . |
| 29 | He held his hand out for it , but Rory hesitated . |
| 30 | The argument might be put forward , therefore , that the treatment slows the body clock enough for it now to be adjusted to a 24-hour day by normal time-cues . |