Example sentences of "for it [conj] [vb -s] " in BNC.

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1 Honey , Schachtman , and Hall ( 1987 ) have confirmed this finding and have devised an explanation for it that follows directly from the Pearce-Hall model .
2 So times multiplication is the fancy word for it but times is good enough .
3 Zoe goes for it and plucks up some courage while Leonard asserts himself and makes a decision .
4 She appeals to our memory of shelter , our perpetual desire for it and fires our memory into longing with the ignition of ‘ blanket ’ , ‘ picnics ’ , ‘ sicknesses ’ and ‘ spreading stain' .
5 He reaches up for it and takes it in both hands .
6 ‘ When he came out they said he 'd lost his mind so he went off to look for it and has n't been seen since . ’
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