Example sentences of "it [verb] for [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without fail I walk in the house and it goes for me ankles . |
| 2 | It asked for their support in getting the law changed , and the guidelines strengthened by law . |
| 3 | Under fire from referees for his comments as a defence witness at Salisbury Crown Court last week , Kelly retorted : ‘ When someone is facing a prison sentence and all the immediate trauma that it involves for his family , I believe the sensitivities of referees should come second rather than first . ’ |
| 4 | Laura , knowing how much this vehicle meant to Bernard , had a miniature of it made for her husband , which he kept in his office . |
| 5 | He had executed in public deserters from his battalion when it fought for its life on the Basra to Baghdad road . |
| 6 | Let us therefore review what we learnt earlier about the cultural oral superego — the mother goddess , in other words — and see what significance it has for our problem . |
| 7 | It searches for its prey with the help of small stalked eyes and tentacles that are sensitive to taste . |
| 8 | But it did n't say how much it cost for their services , you know . |
| 9 | Lesk explains that ‘ the idea is to select the correct sense of a word by counting overlapping words between the sense definitions and the definitions of the other words in nearby context … it depends for its success on having fairly long and informative definitions . |
| 10 | ‘ Yes , Michele had it done for his wife . |
| 11 | Agnes watched her walk to the gate , as spry as a sparrow , and none the worse it seemed for her tumble . |
| 12 | As there is no public debate about Russia 's defence spending no one in the West knows what sort of value it gets for its money . |
| 13 | The rates it charges for its services are , however , set by the ministry of finance . |
| 14 | It is important though to have corner blocks , and these I make in the time it takes for my tea to go cold . |
| 15 | ‘ Then how can you tell me not to taste your mouth , when it is so full and beautiful , when it waits for my kiss . ’ |
| 16 | On the one hand , Germany was provided with vital supplies of minerals it needed for its war industries , such as wolfram and lead , and with facilities for repairing and refuelling its submarines . |
| 17 | My full interview seemed to go reasonably smoothly so at the end of it I asked how long would it take for my money to come through . |
| 18 | How long did it take for your stomach to settle down then ? |
| 19 | ‘ It accounts for our success with women . ’ |
| 20 | Although it was her first furlough she was using it to study for her Master 's Degree at Sidney University . |
| 21 | THE mighty ITT is running into legal problems with the name Digivision which it chose for its £20 million investment in an all-digital television set . |
| 22 | IBM is usually pretty forthcoming about the markets that it foresees for its products , but in this case limits itself to saying that it will appeal to professionals who would prefer ‘ easy-to-remember voice commands ’ to complicated keystrokes or mouse movements . |
| 23 | Parents may send their children to any school that has room for them , provided that it caters for their age and aptitude . |
| 24 | As well as recording movements , it preserves for us portraits of scientists , and pictures of industrial processes . |
| 25 | Hughes is convinced that the North West , its tales of achievement drowned out by London 's much-trumpeted experiences , has not received the credit it deserves for its wartime resilience . |
| 26 | ‘ I wonder how long it took for my message to get through to the patrol cars on the road , ’ Patrick said . |
| 27 | Does it mean for his name sake , that you must confess his name ? |
| 28 | She is to know what it means for her husband to " rule " over her . |
| 29 | ‘ We wanted analysis of the Treaty and we believe every board of directors should get a copy so they can ask their lawyers exactly what it means for their business . ’ |
| 30 | The police say several thousand pounds was stolen … the elderly couple were keeping it to pay for their burial . |