Example sentences of "it [to-vb] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean s Kingsley Black has stood it in here to the second post now if he does n't feel he can get enough on it to go for goal he should keep it in the danger area just turn it back across the face of the goal and let one of the other lads have a go at it , Collimore or Rozario . |
| 2 | The papacy 's moral powers enabled it to look for money throughout the western world . |
| 3 | The latest draft of the European Commission 's plan for telecommunications seeks deregulation of cross-border services within the Community from January 1996 and of all services , domestic and international , by the start of 1998 , Reuter reports from Brussels , and phone companies expect it to press for deregulation of phone service despite the industry 's reservations — ‘ It 's far too ambitious — we 're not opposed to deregulation but this is too fast , ’ Charlotte Pins , a director of corporate communications at Belgium 's Belgacom said ; France Telecom said it backed ‘ setting sights on 1998 or 2000 ’ as a deadline for freeing the phone service , but Community-wide rules on access to national networks , costs , tariffs and public service duties would have to be agreed shortly . |
| 4 | He actually picked up Angy 's phone … it was off the hook and covered in blood as if she 'd tried to use it to call for help . |
| 5 | ‘ We used it to pay for car hire , the hall , flowers and drinks . |
| 6 | One reason for the interest in rates of home ownership among the older age groups is the potential of realizing the asset and using it to pay for care . |
| 7 | Every time an official or workman uses it to test for gas he is putting has faith in that unpatented discovery of 1815 . |