Example sentences of "it for [pron] [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They do n't set their own terms about what they expect for a good quality of life , so other people do it for them and we do a bad job of it . ’ |
| 2 | ( Practise that defensive movement with a friend and you will be amazed at how fast you can turn to protect yourself , and how difficult you can make it for him or her to hit you . ) |
| 3 | People are doing it for him because they loved him very much and he was a very funny guy as well as a kind person . |
| 4 | You can hear it for yourself if you doubt what I 've written , ’ Doreen said , smiling broadly . |
| 5 | William photocopied it for her while she addressed an envelope . |
| 6 | She let him pour it for her while she threw another log on to the fire , smashing a cathedral of embers . |
| 7 | He unlocked the car door , holding it for her while she slipped inside with a quiet murmur of thanks . |
| 8 | it 's funny cos I just I thought ooh , I 'll buy it for her cos you know she does n't |
| 9 | ‘ My guess — it 's no more than that — is that somebody came around earlier and told Mrs Tanner that there 'd be a couple of hundred quid in it for her if you showed up . |
| 10 | Doing it for her when I know I already know it . |
| 11 | He oiled it , pumped up the tyres and held it for me while I had a go , just in the yard at first . |
| 12 | you u u use your brain a bit more , see now if er they used to come to me , my brother was one , he 'd come to me and he 'd say , right I 've got a heavy lift , so will you come up here and sling it for me but we had to put the slings round the heavy lift , say , I say right I 'll come up and another time we had a railway carriage come down like that 'll be shipped abroad , old railway carriage . |
| 13 | The footman came and dismantled it for me and I brought a chair to the French windows , quite casually , and there was natural light coming in . |
| 14 | ‘ Do it for me because you love me . ’ |
| 15 | I suspected it last night , and you confirmed it for me when I touched you in the lift on the way up to the restaurant tonight . |
| 16 | But if you phone up and they 've got one they reserve it for you but you have to get it that day , were n't it Bev ? |
| 17 | Ultratone will do it for you while you relax , watch TV or listen to music . |
| 18 | You will manage — oh yes — although you have no servants to feed your animals or cook your meat for you — you will manage , although you are a year married with a wee child learning to walk , and no wet-nurse to mind it for you while you milk the beasts — and no young husband to thatch your house above your head . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'll keep it for you until you drive round . ’ |
| 20 | I can take it for you if you like . |
| 21 | Making a will with a solicitor also has the advantage of that you 'll have a copy , he 's likely to look after it for you if you want him to . |
| 22 | In effect we 're we 're erm er we 're safeguarding it for you if you want to . |
| 23 | I 'll keep it for you if it does . |
| 24 | Er I can certainly get it for you cos I 've got most of the lads ' phone numbers er in case any of the games are cancelled , yes it 's er |
| 25 | It is not fair to expect your local delicatessen to do it for you as it takes a long time to slice the whole ham and Parma must be cut thinly . |
| 26 | The , in analysis you do n't get er someone else to do it for you or you do n't get the therapist to play the role of your ego which is really what happens in this suggestion . |