Example sentences of "[noun] for [pron] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I only just taken his bike for him cos it went a bit rusty cos out the back and er could n't find then could we ? |
| 2 | Working part of lunchtime had a slight advantage for me because it meant I now had a bit more time to load the container rail set . |
| 3 | It 's an N for me when it goes back . |
| 4 | ‘ Come on Polly , we better help look for 'em before it gets dark , ’ Dad suggested . |
| 5 | And it becomes number one , and it makes a lot of money for everybody and it makes everybody hum and it makes everybody toe tap |
| 6 | Alton Towers clearly is an exception but again , you have to pay a lot of money for it and it takes quite some time to get the return er , back and , and I would say that erm , many of Michael 's erm , er , organic erm , er , expenditure will , will erm , provide er , a really good return rather quicker but in the long run we think Alton is good . |
| 7 | Using word processors was already standard practice for us and it became rapidly apparent that desktop publishing was the way to go , so far as production systems were concerned . |
| 8 | The oil of rhodium possesses peculiar properties : all animals cherish a fondness for it and it exercises a subduing influence over them . |
| 9 | For Michael Codron , it marked the start of an outstanding production career — which had seemed to bode so ill for him during the run of The Wit To Woo , a play that had no happier associations for him than it had for Ken . |
| 10 | ‘ Last year he organised a fund-raising match for us and it raised £51,000 net . |
| 11 | ‘ The Dolphin Centre is the perfect venue for us because it has a top class pool and excellent facilities for disabled swimmers . ’ |
| 12 | That was the Catholic name for it and it had always seemed very appropriate to Preston , conjuring up visions of an unctuous priest dripping oil and glib assurance . |
| 13 | We will be looking for another assignment for him but it looks unlikely until next winter . ’ |
| 14 | I am working on a replacement for him as it does not look as though he will be available until June . ’ |
| 15 | She 'd even been on the local TV news for it and it had done wonders for business . |
| 16 | Just as the record was going to be released , Dave came round and told us he 'd got another manager for us and it turned out to be Ralph Horton who we 'd auditioned for at The Roebuck Pub in Tottenham Court Road . |
| 17 | He put in a good word for me and it went on from there . |
| 18 | She felt her heart swell , so full of love for him that it ached , and , blinking back the tears that blurred and fragmented his image , she drew in a deep , steadying breath and examined the wound . |
| 19 | He passed the day skulking around cafes , and when Georges met him by chance later on he confessed he 'd been beaten up in his flat because he 'd agreed to do a favour for someone and it had gone wrong . |
| 20 | " And a good thing for you that it does , " said Clelia , with a sudden asperity , " or you 'd be out on your ear . |
| 21 | He pointed out that the council had arranged a private tutor for him while it worked on trying to find him a school . |
| 22 | The weekend lost its appeal for me when it came to the fundamental rebirthing philosophy . |
| 23 | I seemed to have no value for him and it began to feel like a kind of death . |
| 24 | I was afraid I would have to move when Alan came back but he wanted someone to keep house for him so it worked out very well . ’ |
| 25 | It took a good deal of time for me and it to get together . |
| 26 | Yes , yes , that 's right , they use , yeah , but I insisted that it were open doors for you as jobs were so hard to get , I said it were open doors for you and it did it helped them both . |