Example sentences of "[v-ing] it [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We will include this poem : I 've been saving it up for the right occasion . ’ |
| 2 | The only thing on the ground floor that was similar to a dressing-room was a gents ' loo , so we set about disguising its true purpose by dressing it up for the evening . |
| 3 | The Queen obviously has a sense of humour , as was evident from her hamming it up for the cameras . |
| 4 | He refuses to play for the moment , boldly pressing on where others tend to dwell ; yet , with those Philadelphians really turning it on for the composer with whom this orchestra is most indelibly associated , superbly captured in Decca sound of great sumptuousness and tonal allure ( even if not always ideally balanced ) , it all makes for compulsive listening . |
| 5 | Oh it 's it it 's on a it 's on erm it 's on a plate so you er I do n't mind I 'm , you know I do n't mind not getting it back for the next month . |
| 6 | On application they literally digest smells by producing enzymes which attack the source of the odour , breaking it down for the bacteria to absorb . |
| 7 | He was not using it to further his own human development , he was using it up for the profit of the people who paid him , the anonymous shareholders and their abstract interests . |
| 8 | The classy Irish defender can already picture the season building to a climax with Aston Villa and United slugging it out for the Championship . |
| 9 | The Maritime Museum is fighting it out for the title with the National Fishing Heritage Museum in Grimsby and the Museum of Childhood in Edinburgh . |
| 10 | The leggy actress has revealed that she now shreds all the rubbish at her Malibu home before putting it out for the dust-men . |
| 11 | And erm then er again I did n't think that you were going to go through the authority needs and , and bit then you , you went through it very quickly but then I , I think it was for wrapping it up for the video not the way that you of usually done it |
| 12 | ‘ It is n't a question of the Designer working it out for the Director . |
| 13 | It is n't a question of the Director working it out for the Designer . |
| 14 | We would increase the public sector borrowing requirement for the first two years before reducing it sharply for the rest of our term of office to balance the books over five years . |
| 15 | For the Sunday the pros would be on their own , battling it out for the first prize of £500,000 . |
| 16 | German Shepherds from eight different police forces are battling it out for the title of the best in the west . |