Example sentences of "for it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a piece of hardware the Touchmaster tablet appears to have a lot going for it compared with its rivals like the Grafpad and the Koala-pad . |
| 2 | The predominant over-view in this Department was that Television held a special kind of mystique ; that writing and producing drama for it demanded special levels of skill which were to be somewhere between the scopes of the Theatre and the Cinema . |
| 3 | And yet the amniote egg is a curious phenomenon since it arrived , as in other examples , before the environmental need for it arose . |
| 4 | Before Waite J. the doctors were unanimous that mechanical ventilation should not be provided , if the occasion for it arose . |
| 5 | But he had become ‘ addicted ’ to the guitar , which drove Morton ‘ crazy ’ — for it went everywhere with them , and was played incessantly . |
| 6 | Every kind of reason for it went through her mind : the doctor had given him six months to live , his family was moving away from the area , he had been transferred to another school . |
| 7 | Finishing the book and having to go back to take photographs specially for it left me a bit jaded , so I did n't go out to the Alps this year . |
| 8 | So I had opened the shutters on what is called complementary medicine with a slightly heavy heart for it seemed such an indictment of our present specialized , technological society when all medicine must simply be ‘ healing . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Joan , when I departed for Ludlow , it was with a heavy heart — for it seemed to me we had only just found each other , ’ Edward told her . |
| 10 | As he thought of this he grasped on to it with relief for it seemed to give him a reason to do nothing , though in his heart he knew it was fear , not duty , that prevented him from flying . |
| 11 | It was the barest whisper and yet he could hear it clearer than all the others for it seemed to make everything else fade away . |
| 12 | In those days marriage was a crucial turning point for a woman for it determined her social rank and their future economically speaking as well as their happiness . |
| 13 | The animal seemed to understand Sir John 's words for it lunged towards him with a strangled growl ; its top lip curled , showing teeth as sharp as a row of daggers . |
| 14 | If you have the stomach for it minced worms make a wonderful fly food ! |
| 15 | He must have hit his head for it killed him . |
| 16 | In the spring Petrakis 's survey of sexuality for It revealed , amidst a cluster of curious statements , that ‘ it is true to say that homosexuals are neurotic ’ . |
| 17 | The year 1890 was also a very significant year in deaf history for it saw the birth of the British Deaf and Dumb Association . |
| 18 | The reticence of the General Council was deliberate for it feared the violence which might ensue if all workers came out and was alarmed at the prospect of mass defections leading to the rapid collapse of the dispute if it did not immediately meet its objectives . |
| 19 | The firmness of the French reaction was probably inevitable , given the circumstances , but it was also highly dangerous for it meant that if and when Bismarck sought to provoke France he knew that he had exactly the cause he needed . |
| 20 | This was a shrewd move on his part for it meant that he not only had the blessing , and guidance , of the College , but also avoided their censure . |
| 21 | But the eagerness to get to Sutton Bridge Station to start the trip was matched by the reluctance to get to Hunstanton Station at the end of the day for it meant the excursion was over : |
| 22 | Philip of Swabia was already excommunicate at the opening of the contest over the empire — excommunicated by the late Pope Celestine III — and the fact of his excommunication was to act as a severe encumbrance for it meant not only that the excommunicant was without the sacraments of the Church , it also affected dependants and those who had dealings with him . |
| 23 | An accompanying watercolour and pencil study for it sold to an order bidder for $6,000 ( £3,300 ) ( est. $4–6,000 ) . |
| 24 | It sets the scene perhaps for it said it is the blessing of the Lord that makes rich and he adds no sorrow to it . |
| 25 | A new Church of England Church had also been erected at the southern end of Sutton Lane , and was named St. Michael 's as the money for it had been realised by the sale of St. Michael 's Church in Burleigh Street , London , which had been associated with St. Martins-in-the-Fields . |
| 26 | How such a venture was ever worthwhile is debatable for it had the disadvantage of the steep climb from the pavement . |
| 27 | The only other shop was Hargreaves at the lower end of Brown Street between Trinity Street and St. Ann 's Street — generally known as the posh end for it had a number of very large houses . |
| 28 | At that time , Butcher Row really was Butcher Row for it had no less than five , plus a fishmonger and a poulterer . |
| 29 | Everyone was hungry , but there was no food to be had for it had floated out of the village shop and away . |
| 30 | Clifford Howard commented on how Hollywood could ignore all criticisms as ‘ mere wind ’ and ‘ envy ’ for it had made a success of its own business and it had displayed ‘ a Yankee genius for sensing the taste of the public and giving the world what it wants ’ . |