Example sentences of "it [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You must tackle a warren as though you intend to do a good job at it ; there 's precious little point or pleasure in dabbling with it for that way you achieve very little . |
| 2 | My grandfather saying that everything was going downhill , my grandmother talking of progress , but neither expecting it for that year or the next , they did n't dream of real change , not in their lifetime nor their children 's . |
| 3 | ‘ No , absolutely not , though people can take information from it and use it for that purpose if they 're so minded . |
| 4 | ‘ I did not bring it for that purpose , ’ said Andrus hoarsely . |
| 5 | it 's right soft carpet , it does n't , there not be a lot of wool in it for that money , you know what I mean |
| 6 | Ya so that if the goes up to thirty thousand the reserve might be large enough to give it to sell it for that price . |
| 7 | But if you send an estimate you more or less have to say what you 're moving as well because if there 's more than that and you do n't put down what you 're moving then you 're p stuck with the estimate really and in p practice that 's what usually happens , you give an estimate and then you do it for that price . |
| 8 | save it for that trip . |
| 9 | It was generally supportive of the monarch but became more powerful because of the dependence upon it for that support , especially during the reign of Elizabeth I. The relationship between Crown and Parliament under the subsequent Stuart dynasty was one of conflict . |
| 10 | However I must have played with it for that tool set led to Dad 's most embarrassing moment — something which he never ever let me forget . |
| 11 | I 'll change it for that goose , I will . ’ |
| 12 | Er that was n't er on competition though , th that was er an Intercity job which Birmingham said they could do it for that figure . |
| 13 | Having decided how long the intervention is to last , ask the parents to run it for that time and then immediately return to the baseline condition . |
| 14 | Well that 's it for that cupboard . |
| 15 | She 'd chosen it for that reason — and because it was the colour of wine . |
| 16 | Sorry if you take catty as the para now , then D P are n't actually , the reason D P sent the paper questionnaire is to just double check that all the columns and everything are laid out in the correct way are n't they and then checking it for that reason , whereas they are actually doing it on something like Kathy themselves so they , there is n't the same approval going on . |
| 17 | I said no , I 'm not , I 'm not doing it for that reason I said I 'm trying to you know thought to myself we 'll give them something back . |
| 18 | And eventually they said well the stereotype is basically sort of like the equivalent in litho plate making really said that this was , no of course it is metal , sorry it 's not metal , it is letterpress The Guardian and it is , they make these Nyclopone plates or something and they really wanted to keep it for that reason . |
| 19 | The ghosts who do want to go haunting , do it for all sorts of different reasons . |
| 20 | ‘ I hope we can reach agreement with China and that , where we have disagreements , they wo n't poison our relationship right across the board — certainly wo n't poison it for all time , ’ said Mr Patten . |
| 21 | the pool with blood , staining it for all time , |
| 22 | ‘ What , and spoil it for all readers with weak chins ? ’ |
| 23 | Spiders use it for all kinds of purposes — making egg-sacs , lining nests , weaving tents for their babies and as safety lines when they jump . |
| 24 | I 've done it for all kinds of things , I mean , I , I cook vegetables in them in it and I warm up |
| 25 | No we could , we could do it for all jobs cos |
| 26 | we could do it for all jobs , and see , that 's what I saying , I mean , we 've got |
| 27 | Those patients with a good postoperative result ‘ maintained it for many years , gained occupationally and vocationally , were pleased with the results of the operation , and were willing to recommend it to others ’ . |
| 28 | Men were to talk of it for many years to come . |
| 29 | It would be interesting to know , however , whether the intensity of the debate at the time served to sear the official mind and closed it for many years afterwards to consideration of an alternative policy for sterling which substantially reduced its international role . |
| 30 | The keys of old harpsichords are indeed often seen to be hollowed ; however , what this suggests is not that Handel had been assiduously practising on it for many years , but rather that ( being at least loo years old when Hawkins saw it ) it had never had the keys replated. 19th-century scholars were intrigued by this tale , and more than a century after Handel 's death embarked on the quest to rediscover the instrument . |