Example sentences of "it [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it also managed to chip some of the woodwork , curious to think that I was offered as war damage compensation five pounds to re-case the piano , you could n't of had it repolished for five pounds , but thinking was working class people should n't have pianos , I 'm certain that was at the back of , of the gentleman whose job it was to evaluate war damage , he certainly raised his eyebrows every time we told him , what either a piece of furniture or crockery or cutlery which had been destroyed had cost and he was so foolish after er the house had been almost flattened as de demand bills as proof of evidence that your figures were correct |
| 2 | defendant acquiescing in a plaintiffs inexcusable , inordinate and prejudicial delay in prosecuting an action was thereby debarred from having it dismissed for want of prosecution . |
| 3 | AT&T Microelectronics has bought back worldwide marketing rights in the ISDN chip it developed for Sun Sparcstation 10s and has contracted with CoSystems Inc to sell and support the widget . |
| 4 | Bull , developing parallel Unix boxes with IBM , says it may license technology it developed for the EDS project to big blue . |
| 5 | By virtue of the Immigration ( Hotel Records ) Order 1972 all guests over the age of sixteen are required upon arrival at a hotel to register their full name and nationality , or have it registered for them . |
| 6 | He 'd kept it hidden for fifty years . |
| 7 | ( In Henry VIII 's reign , the great Dutch scholar Erasmus was given the benefice of Aldington in Kent and had it commuted for a pension of £20 , charged on the living . ) |
| 8 | ‘ Is it permitted for me to call you Cara ? ’ he enquired , having just asked that she use his first name . |
| 9 | As the eldest son , Father shortened his education — or had it shortened for him — and went to help in the family business . |
| 10 | But we used to put the oats to the mill and the and the corn for getting it bruised for feeding the horse and the cattle . |
| 11 | I am a bit bemused about the definition of a student and should like to have it clarified for England , Wales and Scotland . |
| 12 | Erm it is a social gathering and whether people get er , er get rooked er , they get done or whether they get a bargain or whatever happens , they , they seem to enjoy it , but nevertheless it 's done according to whether you want to make money , the person owning the land wants to make a bit of money , there are a number of entrepeneurs who actually arrange and the middleman who actually goes round booking up the sites and so when you 're talking about charity a charity will get it organised for you by an entre , entrepeneur and then there 's the er the er the traders themselves , some of whom may be purely independent , some the , some may be obviously dealing with that ta erm that kind of aspect which is not exactly possibly legal . |
| 13 | Is it prepared for large crowds ? |
| 14 | How had it felt for him ? |
| 15 | Tony had it made for me and — ‘ |
| 16 | You can buy a rose and have it named for yourself , your wife or husband . |
| 17 | It is more convenient to have it grown for us , harvested for us , and in some cases , meals actually prepared for us . |
| 18 | It was all down to them thinking , oh , Glen 's at art school , perhaps he can get it done for us . |
| 19 | Perhaps illogically , if there is to be any ‘ indulging in personalities ’ , voters prefer to do it themselves on the doorstep rather than to have it done for them . |
| 20 | If you are in any doubt as to whether you can carry out this modification , have it done for you by your local repairer , or at least seek more detailed instructions . |
| 21 | What , really , has it done for Daisy — if I had not been able to help materially ? |
| 22 | ‘ Why do n't I take that wax and get it done for you ? |
| 23 | ‘ Yes , Michele had it done for his wife . |
| 24 | Yeah she had it , she was just going into theatre at the end of the programme , she was having it done for the fourth time |
| 25 | The furniture they want it somebody 'll want it done for no |
| 26 | You can get it done for five pence there . |
| 27 | she says I get it done for you . |
| 28 | ‘ Where is it destined for ? ’ |
| 29 | If we have such a periodical the key question to ask , and to keep on asking , is , ‘ Who is it written for ? ’ |
| 30 | When is it written for ? |