Example sentences of "for [adj] it be [prep] " in BNC.

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1 It 's not for that it 's for
2 ‘ If you succeed ’ , he went on , ‘ you will have hundreds of miles of country and thousands of men under your orders , and for this it is worth bartering the outward show . ’
3 Coming from behind Christopher Harvie on how the Scottish Tories played the electoral game for all it 's worth
4 Coming from behind Christopher Harvie on how the Scottish Tories played the electoral game for all it 's worth
5 It 's got an image , it 's got an emotional contact and I think we 're gon na play that for all it 's worth .
6 I can imagine them doing it now for all it 's worth .
7 In marketing terms it 's a tremendous card to play erm our marketing line in the States was always ‘ we speak your language , a common heritage , a common culture erm almost a common language ’ and erm the special relationship really exits at a time like this to a very marked degree , and we shall be playing that for all it 's worth , certainly .
8 Mr Major defied the wise saw which says that the British people are happy to pay more tax in order to get better public services , and played the issue of Labour 's higher taxes for all it was worth : it was worth the difference between an overall majority of 21 and a hung Parliament .
9 Milked the occasion for all it was worth .
10 I know for certain it 's in here somewhere .
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