Example sentences of "[noun] and [verb] it for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | She held my hand steady to bring the cigarette to the flame and kept it for a few seconds longer than she had to . |
| 2 | She felt an overwhelming urge to lick her lips and fought it for a while till her treacherous tongue simply shot out — only to be retracted slowly , under Lucenzo 's predatory eyes . |
| 3 | Yes , in Vienna , a lady , I will not say her name but assure you that any conversation I had with poor little Mrs Crump was most decidedly not on this subject and not about this lady — she has clearly clutched at a reference and taken it for a confidence — in Vienna , this lady of , I may admit it , royal connection , formed an attachment for me which was not reciprocated but proved most difficult to disengage . |
| 4 | Under these circumstances , all you can do is try to re-align the board on the artwork and expose it for a further period , but you may well have to scrap that attempt and start again with a freshly-coated board . |
| 5 | Put it in a box in your guitar case and save it for a rainy day . |
| 6 | He slammed the full magazine into the weapon and gripped it for a moment , the veins in his temple throbbing angrily . |
| 7 | She caught Stephen 's eye and held it for a second . |
| 8 | You can run clip-art through a drawing package and edit it for a more personal touch very quickly , and the printing quality is consistent , which is n't always the case with bitmaps . |
| 9 | In the end she had taken the brooch back to the shop and exchanged it for a plain silver cross on a chain . |
| 10 | Little mini and run it for a year , run the engine ru non stop for a year and it 's going to use quite a few gallons . |
| 11 | The task of implementing this change of policy fell on Roger Brown , then editor in succession to Ralph Gee , who had been responsible for the printing of the paper for many years and edited it for a short period . |
| 12 | All you do is add water and leave it for a month . |
| 13 | Place the stem of a stick of celery in some dyed water and leave it for a few hours . |
| 14 | I lay on my back and watched it for a second , then got up and ran after her as fast as I could , again just because I knew I could n't catch her . |
| 15 | Gollum was once a hobbit who came across the Ring by chance and keeps it for a long time . |
| 16 | If we take our budget-fixing example and examine it for a moment , we realise that two separate things may be going on . |
| 17 | Kelly returned his kiss and held it for a fraction longer than she should have . |
| 18 | We gave our permission that the women should gather up the dead and give them burial according to the fashion of this people — ‘ t is said they strip the flesh and griddle it for a delicacy beforetimes , but I for one do not give this credence . |
| 19 | The Scots word ‘ gillie ’ , referring to a stable-boy whose job it is to settle a pony and hold it for a child to ride , is derived from the fey and solitary ghillie dhu . |
| 20 | At this stage , it is a good idea to cover the picture with glass and leave it for a while . |
| 21 | In each case , the wizard must pick up the book and caress it for a minimum of 1 hour . |
| 22 | Nick reached across the table , took her hand and held it for a moment . |
| 23 | Lisa struck a pose of melodramatic fervour and held it for a few seconds before slumping back in her seat . |
| 24 | Rebuild the Roman villa and use it for a hydro and health farm . |
| 25 | The recipe is sufficient for a bird of 5kg/10lb or under ; double the recipe for a larger bird and treble it for a very large turkey . |
| 26 | You may decide that this is not the sort of fish for a small tank and exchange it for a more suitable species . |
| 27 | I can do is , Mary had a metal cow she milked it with a spanner , she took it to the market and sold it for a tanner . |
| 28 | I stole the candle from its socket and sold it for a crust of bread and a stoup of water from an ale wife . |