Example sentences of "[prep] it for [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | Human regard for the sea has varied from the taking of it for granted as a tiresome obstacle to trade and exploration , to romanticising it in what so many writers are pleased to call its moods . |
2 | But it was the Victorian taste for jet , spurred by the Queen 's adoption of it for mourning that forged the unforgettable link with Whitby . |
3 | of it er but I 'd rather be viewed on my own merits on my own worth er be willing to take a few risks in life erm and know that I 've got the rewards at the end of it for making a success . |
4 | Filming took place in a Victorian house in Shepherd 's Bush ; the back of it was used as the production office and the front of it for filming . |
5 | There 's nothing like it for pushing the world aside . ’ |
6 | There 's nothing like it for losing sight of the real point . |
7 | Lee Martin 's five hundred thou , Robins is a million , Dave Moore 's on loan at Blackmoor , Blackburn he 's getting , he had a million quid in it for decided they want him . |
8 | Essentially this is a matter of love for the total cosmic reality of which we are a part as something whose magnificence transcends our own puny being , and gratitude to it for having brought us forth in the heart of it . |
9 | ‘ What foolish rabbit-warrens our well-to-do houses are obliged to be , ’ William Morris complained in 1884 ; ‘ instead of being planned in the rational ancient way … a big hall , to wit , with a few chambers tacked on to it for sleeping or sulking in . ’ |
10 | Yet , while such cuts are seen as preferable to the personal hardships of redundancy , less obvious cuts in the information system would also have personal repercussions — advice workers are entirely dependent on it for serving clients and would be unable to function as efficiently without it . |
11 | John Gummer 's attack on it for promoting ‘ heresy ’ by broadcasting discussion about the truth , or otherwise , of the resurrection is given full coverage . |
12 | Traditionally a signet ring , with a family crest engraved on it for marking wax seals , was the only jewellery worn by a man . |
13 | A comfortable chair for nanny stands by the brass-bound fender that surrounds the hob grate , with the nursery kettle on it for making the baby 's feeds . |
14 | And erm the old chief that designed er er erm a boring bath for it for boring that . |
15 | The Fed is still sore from the criticism thrown at it for pushing America into recession ; if it tightens policy before official figures show inflation to be rising , it will come under fierce political attack . |