Example sentences of "in it for [pos pn] " in BNC.

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1 It tasted heavy and there was too much whiskey in it for her taste .
2 Lawyer D told her that a jointly-owned house would become the sole property of her husband after her death , and she could not in any way guarantee her share of the money invested in it for her children .
3 She had fought hard to make a new life for herself — and there was absolutely no room in it for her husband .
4 When she was a teenager she used to go round wearing a blanket with a hole cut in it for her head .
5 Essentially I use paint as a vehicle for my ideas and I 'm not interested in it for its own sake .
6 Anyone who indulged in it for its own sake was an out-and-out sinner — and that went for the resulting offspring , too . ’
7 I pick up my barrel-bag and fish around in it for my purse , take out a five pound note and walk over , rolling the note up in my hand .
8 ‘ As a mother I would n't want to buy milk with artificial BST in it for my children or grand children . ’
9 ‘ As a mother I would n't want to buy milk with artificial BST in it for my children or grand children . ’
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