Example sentences of "for it [conj] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where land is already spoilt , it may make more sense to find appropriate uses for it than to clean it up . |
| 2 | The motion that the Prime Minister has proposed for decision by the House tonight is intended to be so meaningless that any Tory Member can vote for it while interpreting it to suit himself or herself . |
| 3 | There was nothing for it but to pretend it had all been as Aunt Emily would have wished it to be . |
| 4 | She found she had torn most of the mourning band away from her sleeve and there was nothing for it but to pull it off entirely . |
| 5 | In the end , after the tea had been made and drunk , there seemed nothing for it but to escort them home , leaving Ianthe at her front door and walking the short distance to the vicarage with Penelope . |
| 6 | There was nothing for it but to tell her the truth . |
| 7 | This concept is indeed abstract for those of us who have never had to fight for it or defend it . |
| 8 | This was the old slug 's vicious inheritance , Carson thought bitterly , to dump the money on me before I 'd had a chance to learn how to fight for it or to handle it and too late for it to be of any real use . |
| 9 | She dived for it and levelled it at him . |
| 10 | I would have to pay for it and try him again . |
| 11 | I went to the doctor on the Saturday and he said it was gastroenteritis and prescribed tablets for me for it and told me just to keep up my fluids so I did n't get dehydrated . |
| 12 | It was too much but she loved him for it and let him kiss her when he came and stood beside her again . |
| 13 | Would you care for it and tend it every day |
| 14 | He reaches up for it and takes it in both hands . |
| 15 | He had tried to keep it as a pet , and had made a cage for it and brought it dandelion leaves to eat ; but it never thrived , and had lived only a few days more . |
| 16 | Thursday 30 November — Thursday 21 December An exhibition of paintings , drawings , sketches and artist 's prints all for sale on a " pay for it and take it away " basis — with the result that the exhibition will be constantly changing . |
| 17 | But when you are struggling like Everton are at present , you need somebody who will scrap for it and give you that little bit extra in the box . |
| 18 | The day after , Jamie came in with the wooden dish of porridge , held it out to Cameron , then twitched it away when he reached for it and turned it upside down . |
| 19 | Queen Victoria had a brass plaque put up in his memory in St George 's Chapel at Windsor , where I searched for it and found it while I was at Eton . |
| 20 | for it and found it when you want it er , it would have paid you to cut a bit off a new bar . |
| 21 | I paddled for it and caught it . |
| 22 | You could take their word for it and leave it at that . |
| 23 | Studies showed that people accustomed to eating a lot of hot food had cravings for it when denied it , and people became more tolerant of spicy food the more they ate . |