Example sentences of "it for [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's nothing like it for pushing the world aside . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Nothing to beat it for shifting the wind ! ’ |
| 3 | And this er oh dear what was the name of it , they had a special title for the man that sort of ran the stall as they called it for getting the coal out and he he chose who he wanted to go to work . |
| 4 | If the police can exploit the technique for measuring the speed of road hogs , dare we hope to find that bats use it for measuring the speed of insect prey ? |
| 5 | I was keeping it for cleaning the car . |
| 6 | A comfortable chair for nanny stands by the brass-bound fender that surrounds the hob grate , with the nursery kettle on it for making the baby 's feeds . |