Example sentences of "it have [vb pp] for [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Parents or relatives often make donations to their old public school or college as some repayment for what it has done for them , or in the hope that it may give their child a better chance of entry !
2 when all it has done for us this last year
3 Here , it is quite simply that the religion has not lived up to the expectations of its followers , that is , it has provided for them none of the benefits that they were led to expect when they were first introduced to it .
4 Cook 's determination to grab a slice of the tour operator business is also reflected in the price it has paid for its stake .
5 It has had for its end the production of a convincing explanation of the writer 's understanding of the origin of the Created God , that is , a God that man can endow with recognisable origins to be found far back in time and with qualities from which the desire to have an absolute standard of human behaviour can ultimately be evolved .
6 From the architectural viewpoint the greatest importance of this site , now so excellently opened up and preserved , is that it has preserved for us a provincial Roman city at a certain point in time — A.D. 79 — so that we can see for ourselves the buildings in which such citizens of the empire lived .
7 Wimpey refused to quantify the additional charge it has taken for its involvement in the Channel Tunnel project , but it is thought to be similar to the £8 million announced by its fellow Chunnel contractor , Balfour Beatty , recently .
8 Well , the only evidence we have is from the people who believe it has worked for them — and this includes many celebrities .
9 It had appeared , it would move on , but for this moment it was there for her — almost as if it had waited for her to be alone .
10 I just did n't know how deep it had gone for you .
11 The stink assailed his nostrils , bringing back memories of that last visit and what it had done for him .
12 unwound himself and you could tell his two years , what it had done for him .
13 The longer they had delayed acting , the more difficult it had become for them to act .
14 As they moved cautiously towards it , Fenella saw that it had opened for them just the smallest sliver and that beyond it were shards of light .
15 Sadly , Maxim remembered how long — and how much luck — it had taken for him to spot his own pack .
16 It was bitterly resentful , her hatred burning high as she remembered the months running into years that it had taken for her to convince herself that the guilt she had felt after her own father 's death was a self-destructive trap and just one more wrong done to her by Luke Scott .
17 But the NEC said that all the associations had performed poorly in relation to the criteria it had set for them .
18 She wanted to tell someone how it had counted for her rather than against her ; how in that dimming world of the Left Bank nearly ten years before , she 'd set lovers adrift on Gauguinesque , and Baudelairean voyages of luxe , calme et volupté .
19 Brought up in the ethic of duty , this was hard for Jane to get used to , but when she broke out into the sunshine , it was all the more joyous , and she thanked God , or Nature , or Fate , or whatever power there is , that it had happened for her in her lifetime .
20 I said no , she said you wo n't leave the union will you , I said no , she said alright we 'll buy one at Haydock , still in the Lancashire region and the reason why the union is my second love , obviously my first love is me family , is what it 's done for me , but I also think what I 've done for those people who represent me and yourselves in Parliament .
21 It 's covered for everything .
22 then it 's covered for them .
23 Yes , but then when that income 's paid in , half of the income 's taxable when it 's assessed for you , and half would be paid gross to your wife , you know it 's a diff it 's a different , it 's a different er
24 if it had a few twists and curls round it and little things like that and bits of gold plate on it I mean that they 'd go for it , but er , because it 's made for its purpose and do n't want it .
25 Right you have to come I think the basis of this evening was to get people to come along and put there points of view and to say what 's happening and what is n't happening and I think we can take that take that away and considerate it yes I mean I I think the board or the management committee will be happy to meet with people to discuss the use of the theatre er what it 's used for what might what the unhappiness is if there is unhappiness and the positive and the positive as well as the negative points yes .
26 You know light vans and commercials but it 's used for anything now .
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