Example sentences of "for [pos pn] [noun] [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I applied for my discharge and it was granted . |
| 2 | I 'm gon na get a proper conditioner for my hair cos it do n't look ! |
| 3 | Conditioners for my hair because it gets really dry and definitely lipstick , I have to have my red lippy . |
| 4 | Look , I was looking for my pen and it was there all along . |
| 5 | This might have been all very well for my ego but it put me in the position of a complete novice , with my boss listening critically from the platform to everything I said on his behalf . |
| 6 | This could open doors for my career so it 's not just a record to ome . |
| 7 | ‘ I had , ’ said Rosalind , hurrying in , ‘ but I stopped at the post-office to get a stamp for my letter and it was closed and the wretched stamp-machine was empty . |
| 8 | 9 ) " Planning ahead is as much a waste of time for my business as it is for me . |
| 9 | He might be directly responsible for taking away her pleasure in singing — though that would surely be only a temporary aberration on her part — but she could only hold him to account for her loneliness if it was his company she was missing . |
| 10 | ‘ I was there for her birth and it was the most exciting thing I have ever experienced ! ’ exclaimed the father of the baby , and the owner of a home movie of strictly limited appeal . |
| 11 | Of course , if she had been going to get there in time for the beginning , she should have rushed back straight away , out upset at such times was the very worst thing for her mother and it would upset her to think that Peony wanted to go out immediately she 'd got in . |
| 12 | The old lady was quite sprightly for her age but it took a long time for them both to reach the top floor . |
| 13 | ‘ Molly likes having an audience for her tales and it passes the hours for them . ’ |
| 14 | One Saturday night she was in the town looking for her companions as it was time to go home , when she met Alec d'Urberville . |
| 15 | On my life , I ordered one of them for my friend 's daughter for her birthday and it was ten pounds that 's two ninety nine . |
| 16 | ‘ Apparently it 's the policy of Conway House to be as much like home for its residents as it can . ’ |
| 17 | In the law of property , a child conceived , but not yet born , will be treated as born , at any rate where it is for its advantage that it should be so treated . |
| 18 | The Business is being purchased ( partly ) for its goodwill and it is reasonable for the Vendor to be asked ( in effect ) whether there are any significant risks which would adversely affect that goodwill by virtue of the sale . |
| 19 | As a result of these tendencies , the market structure of the eurobond market has generally been categorised as competitive — although such aspects as product differentiation , growth maximising strategies and the inability of a firm to gain infinite demand for its services if it sells at below market prices suggest imperfect rather than perfect competition ( firms do not compete on price alone ) . |
| 20 | The structure of society is presumed to be functional for its members since it is derived from the sharing of their human attributes . |
| 21 | There are various methods for its manufacture and it can be produced in various forms , chief of which are homopolymers [ propylene alone ] and copolymers with ethylene in which the ethylene constituent can be located either randomly in the polymer chain or in controlled blocks along it . |
| 22 | In the process the essay will attempt to explain why a nationalist movement did not ascend to power earlier , and the reasons for its success when it did . |
| 23 | According to Kamichika , Japan has eyes only for its technology while it continues to ignore the increasingly urgent problems posed by unbridled economic growth , such as pollution and cultural estrangement . |
| 24 | The foal 's legs still seemed too long for its body and it still was not sure where the four of them were going , but this did not deter it from frisking about . |
| 25 | Duck and Frog search for their friends and it takes quite some time to find them all . |
| 26 | Well the only thing is that I hope that the next generation that is coming along now will appreciate what has been done for their generation because it took a long time for us to get what we wanted for our children and now with our grandchildren are coming along I hope the town will improve with their growth . |
| 27 | Leopards still die for their skins and it takes five to seven leopards to provide the material for one fur coat ! |
| 28 | Polo parks ( one was constructed recently at Châteaux Giscours ) , marble bottling halls ( Michel Delon 's at Léoville-Lascases is so highly polished that workers have been issued with special boots ) , Versailles-style formal gardens with sunken cellars provide the spectacular icing on the cake of wealth accumulated by the leading châteaux over the last decade by the simple expedient of charging much more for their wines than it costs to make them . |
| 29 | It was by then already obvious that the schools had overcome their first reservations er about what the scheme had to offer and it was so obvious that they deserved recognition for their efforts that it led to my colleagues , Councillor and putting down the motion to Council in April of this year , drawing attention to the continuing success in schools throughout the district of the Local Management initiative . |
| 30 | The Consumer Credit Trade Association told us that in the experience of the smaller finance houses , chain stores and larger retailers who are members , this is clearly reducing payment problems ( thus making credit cheaper for their customers than it might otherwise be ) . |