Example sentences of "it [verb] for [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Is it permitted for me to call you Cara ? ’ he enquired , having just asked that she use his first name . |
| 2 | The same as , I , them that buys our 'ouse , they 'll have to pay whatever it cost for 'em to value our 'ouse , see if it 's worth lending money , we 'll have the same thing with er bungalow , down there . |
| 3 | ‘ — the more difficult it gets for us to disprove an alibi . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ That done , ’ he went on determinedly , ‘ and for as long as it takes for him to get you out of his system , you will be my girlfriend . |
| 5 | ‘ As many as it takes for me to understand , ’ Polly shouted back . |
| 6 | As long as it takes for us to tire of each other , I suppose . |
| 7 | ‘ As many times as it takes for you to realise that shutting him out will only keep him in , ’ he insisted firmly . |
| 8 | And even Gazzer did not appreciate the strength of character it needed for her to make that choice . |
| 9 | ‘ Alright , ’ he posits. ‘ 'Ow much money would it take for you to drink a pint of somebody 's piss ? |
| 10 | How long will it take for it to get back together again . |
| 11 | We never noticed it during the time it took for me to qualify and start work as an intern at St Andrew 's in Marylebone . |
| 12 | A little later he crooked her in the shelter of his arms and said , ‘ You 've no idea what it took for me to come over to see you that first time . ’ |
| 13 | Erm the old on that you know , took me two years to get the bearings approved and er you know but then having to wait a year and a half cos had a year and a half 's worth of orders on 'em and promised to hold the price for three years is that 's what it took for them to use them up , er has run out , new orders have been put on but I 've got the chance of taking the business . |
| 14 | What will it come for me to do ? |
| 15 | At Ferrari it waited for him to put a foot wrong and there was blood all over the walls . ’ |
| 16 | On the contrary , it remains for him to decide . |
| 17 | Erm , the only other thing I think it remains for me to say is that erm , the work will be undertaken on a value for money nature . |
| 18 | It remains for me to urge you , on behalf of CPRW , to ensure that comprehensive and enforceable conditions , based on those proposed by Clwyd County Council , are attached to planning permission for the terminal , should you be minded to recommend permission . |
| 19 | Said it remains for me to find out . |
| 20 | It remains for us to ask how the popular Hitler image we have examined contributed towards the growing strength of the regime and towards making possible this war , which , from what we have seen , most Germans — though prepared to fight if necessary — had been only too anxious to avoid . |
| 21 | Therefore it remains for us to sketch out a more articulated theory based upon Bukharin 's ideas of disproportionality and dis-equilibrium . |
| 22 | It remains for us to consider the macro-economic case for the widespread and general adoption of the industrial co-operative form . |
| 23 | The Prime Minister said that it remained for him to wish his colleagues all good fortune in the difficult but hopeful situation which they had to face . |
| 24 | By the time it comes for us to switch it on , they could say , right we want twenty pairs a month at this size , do n't know what they 're using . |