Example sentences of "[subord] it [vb -s] [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.

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1 If it goes on for another 2 weeks , that is a distinct possibility .
2 If it dries up for three or four days it 's st dries up for three or four days and Dennis has to stop the minute he picks it up it 's just blown away .
3 If it does n't for any reason , you have to dub in new matching background sound .
4 There are , of course , many occupations in which similar demands of constant readiness are made , but when it goes on for twenty years or more it is inclined to upset a good domestic relationship .
5 This ability is independent of idiosyncratic beliefs , feelings and usages ( although it may refer to those shared by participants ) , and is based for the most part on quite regular and relatively abstract principles Pragmatics can be taken to be the description of this ability , as it operates both for particular languages and language in general .
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