Example sentences of "[verb] it [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The public is being asked to believe that an ill-conceived government has it in for these companies . |
| 2 | Before the right hon. Gentleman issues a denial , will he confirm that before the previous election the Tories said that they would continue to pay child benefit as before — only to freeze it immediately for three years when they took office ? |
| 3 | The hon. Gentleman says that that is what he is advocating , and says that we should reintroduce it now for those who face a shortfall in fees , but it would not make up the shortfall , because it would be part of the reasonable rate of fees . |
| 4 | Do n't I mean do n't , do n't buy it just for this it 's just that if you had it handy |
| 5 | He has several times got himself into a position of strength in his battle with parliament , and bartered it away for short-term gains . |
| 6 | Section 5(3) provides that a person is not liable under section 2 for any damage by an animal ‘ kept on any premises or structure to a person trespassing there , if it is proved either ( a ) that the animal was not kept there for the protection of persons or property ; or ( b ) ( if the animal was kept there for the protection of persons or property ) that keeping it there for that purpose was not unreasonable . ’ |
| 7 | I think there was one question I 'll I 'll root it out for next time erm and I was really stunned on it I might be okay on it now . |
| 8 | I never , it 's your fault she driving it around for five months with no tax . |
| 9 | Charge , you 've turned it on for ten hours , how much will I charge you ? |
| 10 | It 's alright for ha put it on for half hour maybe , you know , but you forget it |
| 11 | When you 've finished writing , put it away for two or three days : leave it , do n't look at it for a while . |
| 12 | The controller mistakenly put it in for one hour ( we had n't crossed our seven as they do in French ) , which caused the authorities to send out a search-and-rescue helicopter for us . |
| 13 | As it had in 1945 , 1964 and 1974 , Labour would inherit the mess the Tories had left behind , he said , but , this time , with an historic mission to clean it up for good . |
| 14 | Now she thought that she could give it up for three weeks in the Italian sun . |
| 15 | In 1978 the act was amended to make the earliest mandatory retirement age 70 and to eliminate it entirely for federal employees . |
| 16 | In the thirtieth minute , Gary Weaving scored what looked like a perfectly good goal , only for the linesman to rule it out for offside , to everyone 's dismay . |
| 17 | The fact that IUD users are up to nine times more likely than non-users to contract a sterilising infection is enough to rule it out for large numbers of women , despite it 's reliability as a contraceptive device — if they are aware of the dangers , that is . |
| 18 | In Pearce [ 1973 ] Crim LR 321 ( CA ) , the accused was guilty when he put a boat onto a trailer and drove it away for later use . |
| 19 | So I said well you know , I ca n't just wind it up over the next six months , I said er what I wan na do I said is erm I got ta carry it on for that transit for that Orion till I finished anyway so it 's got ta go another year so I said well what I 'm feeling about doing I said is er just sort of keeping a finger in the pie I said , he said , if I 'd said tomorrow , if I had finished the whole the tomorrow I 've got ta buy a car I can buy it finance so I 'm gon na get no tax relief on the H P I get no depreciation no nothing like that I said so at least if I still self employed I can if I have the sort of two or three vehicles or whatever three , four , five vehicles but I said at least I can have some erm and I can then sort of they would be more utilised , where as I said at the moment we got more vehicles than we really need to keep full capacity so he said yeah , yeah fair enough then . |
| 20 | So you count , you hold it down for three . |
| 21 | A spokesperson will then either transition the module into a conceptually approved state or hold it back for further work before approval . |
| 22 | Stand on one leg and bring your other knee up to your chest and hold it there for ten seconds . |
| 23 | ‘ The courtyard of a house in Delft ’ dates from the height of his career and will doubtless attract much attention from around the world ( est. £4.5–6.5 million ; $6.9–9.9 million ) although it is well-known that Christie 's have been trying to sell it privately for some time and the current estimate is regarded as quite strong . |
| 24 | The councillors loved it , and journalists filed it away for some distant future when Mr Portillo might feature in a Conservative leadership election , writes Valerie Elliott . |
| 25 | However , if you do n't want to eat or drink it today , save it up for another occasion . |
| 26 | And as the all-too-solid original took a single step out from the doorway he dropped the loop of wire over its head and , like a man straining to start an outboard motor , suddenly hauled it tight for all he was worth . |
| 27 | There was about a quarter of the bottle left , and Edward poured it out for both of them . |
| 28 | Because you will know in advance when you need the cash , you can use a 90-day-notice account or even tie it up for five years for a better return . |
| 29 | The 1992 Coca-Cola International was awarded World Cup status for the second consecutive year , and organiser Desi McHenry was offered it again for this year if he could change the date , something he was unfortunately unable to do . |
| 30 | The roaring is extremely exhausting for the animals and the one that can keep it up for longest is also likely to be the strongest . |