Example sentences of "it for [pers pn] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They do n't set their own terms about what they expect for a good quality of life , so other people do it for them and we do a bad job of it . ’ |
| 2 | She loaned them money , saved it for them or doled it out when necessary , all the transactions being written on the souvenir programme of whatever show she was appearing in . |
| 3 | I unlocked the passenger door of the Transit for them but I thought it best not to open it for them or offer them a hand up and in . |
| 4 | I mean they 're the ones who are badgering me for , for qualifications , they 're badgering me for , I , I , I just told them straight that I will do it for them because I , I wo n't get paid for it |
| 5 | Sotheby 's was approached towards the end of 1988 , and , according to Llewellyn , ‘ We told the seller that we certainly would not be prepared to sell it for him unless it was clear that there were no existing legal claims to be made by any third parties against the picture . |
| 6 | But two weeks later a friend in the motor trade serviced it for him and proclaimed the car to be in sound condition and a good deal . |
| 7 | Neil Williams ( see the September issue ) was flying it for him and , the initial tests complete and the aeroplane signed off by Mike Searle , Spencer was ready for his first sortie . |
| 8 | She finished undoing it for him and slipped out of the dress , and as she let him raise her petticoat her eyes strayed again to the patch on the ceiling . |
| 9 | The closed doors would hold it for him and he would smoke it on the way back as he had smoked that earlier one on the way down from Finchley Road . |
| 10 | I do n't know but he would n't , he would n't have it cooked aboard there , my mother used to cook it for him and I 'd stagger down in an ordinary shopping basket , in two basins there 'd be vegetables in one and his pudding and gravy in the other and I used to take that down for him and he used to come ashore and he used to then go and have it . |
| 11 | He was pleased about the trip and it was clear that Ana had planned it for him and for her own secret reasons . |
| 12 | ( Practise that defensive movement with a friend and you will be amazed at how fast you can turn to protect yourself , and how difficult you can make it for him or her to hit you . ) |
| 13 | This stronger sense of learning also carries with it the idea that ultimately the student is able to evaluate it for him or herself , and form a personal view about its validity ( by reading the relevant articles , by listening to the different views of the authorities on the topic , and perhaps by assisting in a clinical trial ) . |
| 14 | People are doing it for him because they loved him very much and he was a very funny guy as well as a kind person . |
| 15 | I think it was a car that she 'd had for was well looked after her dad used to see to it for her but it was she 'd had it for some years and she was always poodling about in you see . |
| 16 | She let him pour it for her while she threw another log on to the fire , smashing a cathedral of embers . |
| 17 | William photocopied it for her while she addressed an envelope . |
| 18 | He unlocked the car door , holding it for her while she slipped inside with a quiet murmur of thanks . |
| 19 | it 's funny cos I just I thought ooh , I 'll buy it for her cos you know she does n't |
| 20 | He poured it for her and watched with one eyebrow raised as she gulped at it . |
| 21 | The poor shopkeeper was so bemused he actually opened it for her and the pushchair came out first . |
| 22 | And I was I d I said I was very sorry about the wardrobe and I 'd replace it for her and see what I could do , and she said Oh do n't worry love as long you 're you 're alright that 's all I 'm worried about really . |
| 23 | Did I do it for her or to release the frustration that 's been eating me since I left Deptford ? |
| 24 | ‘ My guess — it 's no more than that — is that somebody came around earlier and told Mrs Tanner that there 'd be a couple of hundred quid in it for her if you showed up . |
| 25 | Doing it for her when I know I already know it . |
| 26 | He oiled it , pumped up the tyres and held it for me while I had a go , just in the yard at first . |
| 27 | you u u use your brain a bit more , see now if er they used to come to me , my brother was one , he 'd come to me and he 'd say , right I 've got a heavy lift , so will you come up here and sling it for me but we had to put the slings round the heavy lift , say , I say right I 'll come up and another time we had a railway carriage come down like that 'll be shipped abroad , old railway carriage . |
| 28 | ’ But she bought it for me and it 's brilliant . |
| 29 | The footman came and dismantled it for me and I brought a chair to the French windows , quite casually , and there was natural light coming in . |
| 30 | I can do it , I can afford it , I 'm gon na go ahead and I 'm gon na get it for me and devil take the . |