Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] it for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Can I hang on to it for a while ? ’ |
| 2 | A number of significant figures were caught up in it for a while — the sculptor F. E. McWilliam , Tristram Hillier , John Tunnard . |
| 3 | The triangular shape is also common : starting with a broad base , narrowing steadily as one goes away from it for a quarter to half a mile , until one reaches the outlet in a main road of the normal width . |
| 4 | I walk around in it for a while anyway , watching myself approach in the mirror and admiring the way the skirt moves as I walk . |
| 5 | We have been looking forward to it for a long time , ’ said one oilman . |
| 6 | They seemed centred on one particular grave , so the Doctor stepped over to it for a closer look . |
| 7 | Later , when the Northern Ireland Office was established , it relied heavily on it for the information on which it based security and political activities . |
| 8 | Finally I slumped down outside it for a while and went to bed myself . |
| 9 | Appalled by the racism she observed there , she worked energetically against it for the rest of her life , giving extensive financial support to the Black trade union movement . |
| 10 | We all lived on top of each other and at any time one of us was probably irritated in some way by one of the others , but Tom seemed to hold on to it for a long time , never expressing his resentment until he just flipped into despising somebody . |
| 11 | She stared down at it for a long time . |
| 12 | I do n't have time to play but , I mean to play in a concert band or anything but I might go and knock about with it for a while . |
| 13 | But she was still in the grip of a puzzling weariness , and she could barely walk by her couch without feeling compelled to drop down on it for a short nap . |
| 14 | But if cheating is necessary , you can commonly get away with it for a time . |
| 15 | you do n't get that with the Conservative party cos they do n't let 'em get away with it for a start |
| 16 | Will he get away with it for the rest of his life ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Still , could n't you get away from it for the next week or so — till she 's gone back ? ’ |
| 18 | He tells the despairing Moses to strike a rock with his rod , and water will stream forth from it for the people to drink . |
| 19 | Jarvis put up with it for a moment or two . |
| 20 | After this extraordinary eight-frame losing streak , Davis won four in a row to close to only 7-8 , but two elementary mistakes in the following frame , failing to reach the yellow when rolling up behind it for a snooker , and failing to pot a red at close range along the top cushion , prefaced a run of 48 with which Reynolds secured his most notable scalp . |
| 21 | After this extraordinary eight-frame losing streak , Davis won four in a row to close to only 7-8 , but two elementary mistakes in the following frame , failing to reach the yellow when rolling up behind it for a snooker , and failing to pot a red at close range along the top cushion , prefaced a run of 48 with which Reynolds secured his most notable scalp . |
| 22 | I might stick it on a flying lead and wander around with it for a bit and see where it 's best . |
| 23 | After playing happily on it for a while we romped back to our sleeping bags and a meal , excited at the prospect of getting to grips next morning with the classic grade V , Sticil Face . |