Example sentences of "of it [verb] for " in BNC.

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1 Much of it kept for himself and his family .
2 Soft toys and medicine , much of it earmarked for specific children , was soiled by smoke , fire and water .
3 Where the term breached is a less important term , a warranty , breach merely entitles the victim of it to sue for damages and does not allow the victim to end the contract .
4 Laura , knowing how much this vehicle meant to Bernard , had a miniature of it made for her husband , which he kept in his office .
5 At a time when water formed the only practicable means of bulk transportation , the cultivation of grain was profitable in Norfolk and Sussex , where the arable districts were next to the coast , wheat and malt being the chief commodities clearing the ports there , much of it bound for London , though some went farther afield , including victuals for armies operating against Scotland .
6 Her heart beat in a way she had not been conscious of it beating for many a month and she felt near to tears .
7 In the unlikely event of it surviving for three years , it becomes mutton .
8 Authority chairman Tony Russell said the hearing , which had already cost the authority £90,000 , was only due to last ten days but now there was prospect of it continuing for up to three months .
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