Example sentences of "it [conj] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The UUUC coalition informed each of the 8 Official Unionist members from the dissolved parliament that he had either to align himself with it or fight for his seat . |
| 2 | The significance of Rookes v. Barnard was that it made it clear that a threat of a breach of contract was unlawful for this purpose but the criticism has been made ( and this indeed was the opinion of the Court of Appeal ) that if intimidation is extended to threats to break contracts ‘ it would overturn or outflank some elementary principles of contract law , ’ notably the doctrine of privity of contract , which holds that one who is not a party to a contract can not found a claim upon it or sue for breach of it . |
| 3 | There was something about it that tugged for attention . |
| 4 | It was all play-acting , a bluff to get attention , but he never admitted it nor apologized for anything he had done or said . |
| 5 | If you stare at a Rottweiler it thinks you are challenging it and goes for you immediately , knocking you down and tearing your throat out . |
| 6 | Leave the haggling over the price to your agent and take his advice on the final choice of buyer , who should be well advanced in his own sale ; but do not be in any hurry to settle the matter without at least sleeping on it and allowing for second thoughts all round . |
| 7 | They were apprehensive about opening it and sent for the Bomb Squad . |
| 8 | If they ca n't be resolved then agree on the amount of the problem involved , isolate it and ask for the payment of any uncontested balance . |
| 9 | See I , I personally in , in the past I would 've jumped on it and gone for it . |
| 10 | The painting of the Virgin blessing Christ before the Passion by Urbino was once popular with newly-wedded couples who knelt before it and asked for a blessing on their marriage . |
| 11 | Margaret inspected it and asked for a number of prints to be made . |
| 12 | This awareness of the changing world , and the ability of a consultancy to react to it and prepare for it , separates the most professional public relations practitioners from those who merely regard public relations as getting or suppressing publicity . |
| 13 | My advice to young people thinking of going into catering is to gain as much information as possible , try it and judge for yourself . |
| 14 | He had booked a beach house in Phuket , the island paradise on the coast of Thailand , for their honeymoon , and Rachel was both dreading it and clamouring for it . |
| 15 | Maurin , who had been longing for an excuse to escape , said he would go himself to attend to it and made for the door . |
| 16 | ‘ You drove to Penzance , leaving home at about seven-thirty , you went to the film and started to drive back , but your van broke down at Badger 's Cross and after trying to start it and sheltering for some time , you walked home , arriving at about half-past two . ’ |
| 17 | It met such opposition in Jamaica that Wilberforce was persuaded to withdraw it and settle for registries by colonial legislation . |
| 18 | ‘ But being brought up in a strictly Christian home , I 'm so disgusted with myself I feel I 've got to hide it and atone for it with ‘ good works ’ . ’ |
| 19 | Chesarynth sensed it and realized for the first time that what she was hearing was nothing but verbally-trimmed ideas . |
| 20 | ‘ Connect , ’ screams the gospel , ‘ do n't just talk about the faith , live it and die for it ! ’ |
| 21 | And , surely it 's about erm helping , I do n't know how you go about it but the illegality of it prevents people admitting it and asking for help , and taking erm any advice that people can give about using it safely . |
| 22 | I vote we walk into it and look for the summit under the water . ’ |
| 23 | Life in Looe today is largely governed by two seasons ; the tourist season and the season spent recovering from it and preparing for the next . |
| 24 | Watching her sleep , however , is not the most stimulating experience I 've had of late , although I realise that certain New York film-makers would have shot ten solid reels of it and begged for more . |
| 25 | She takes it and makes for the phone box . |
| 26 | Afterwards she thought that perhaps only her father had really enjoyed her wedding , and , as he had engineered it and paid for it , then perhaps that was his reward . |
| 27 | ‘ Some people told me I should have told the selectors to shove it and play for my club instead , but I thought if I kept quiet and plugged away I would get my chance — but I did n't think it would come this season , ’ Andrew said . |
| 28 | Erm a little bit did n't it but waiting for you when you get home/ |
| 29 | I 'm known to be keen to earn extra money on overtime , so I volunteer for everything and I get most of it because wait for it — I am prized ! |
| 30 | However , they will have to satisfy unemployment benefit officers that part-time work is not their usual pattern , and they are just doing it while looking for full-time employment . |