Example sentences of "[verb] it [adv] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ouch , I thought , that really hurt , and I clenched it tight for a moment to stop the pain , before looking to see the damage . |
| 2 | Robinson regarded it cautiously for a moment , then shook it , feeling the power in the other man 's grip . |
| 3 | ‘ That may appeal to you , but there 's no way I would consider it even for a moment . ’ |
| 4 | It was heavy for him , he was glad to set it down for a while . |
| 5 | made with all milk you see , and I put this on the other day , it was Monday , and I put it on for a cup of coffee , well Jim was out the front with Tom cos Tom fixed the front door |
| 6 | Looks like you 'll have to sort of like put it up for a day and then take it down for a week and put it back in again . |
| 7 | Why did n't he take that with him and put it in for a minute , for god 's sake . |
| 8 | There is times I 've casually picked it up , dropped it on the floor and forgotten to pick it up for a while because I 'm on the phone and sometimes it is quite loud in my ear . |
| 9 | ‘ Because I 've had it around for a lot longer than I care to tell you . |
| 10 | Yeah , , so erm , I 've got to get some medicine for all of us in a minute , put the prescription in , but erm , you know , she 's had it really for a week like , even though she was treated for thrush |
| 11 | But lines like ‘ It 's a bit hard , your Highness , I have n't had it off for a year ’ , when muttered by a grubby servant referring to his shoe , come just as easily from Tony Slattery as they ever did from Sid James . |
| 12 | ‘ I used to visit it everyday and it 's just so hard to know I wo n't see it again for a while . |
| 13 | ‘ Will you take the dog back with you or shall I keep it here for a while ? ’ |
| 14 | But you can only use it up for a month and then you . |
| 15 | Cos the we er did get people contacting the office to say I 've got a lump sum , I 'd like to put it somewhere for a couple of years , and er we always wondered why they 're thinking of a couple of years . |
| 16 | We may be able to put it off for a while , but make that decision , we have got to , some day or another . |
| 17 | There is nothing whatever to do about it , except , possibly , to put it down for a time . |
| 18 | I have been dishing it out for a number of years , and now it is my turn to take it . |
| 19 | Let's face it , all she 'd have to do would be to sit and let him sleep it off for a while , it was probably what the kid needed most , and he 'd never remember anything different . |
| 20 | and they grassed it over for a children 's pre pre playground , now they want to turn it back , and extend the car park . |
| 21 | The shortage of labour forced the landowners to change their methods of exploiting their estates , most obviously in the abandonment of direct cultivation of the demesne by the lord 's paid men in favour of leasing it out for a cash rent . |
| 22 | A few other pilots have flown Lindsey 's Corsair — Ray and Mark Hanna of the Old Flying Machine Company , Hoof Proudfoot , Chief Pilot for The Fighter Collection , who flew it out for a display in Ireland this year . |
| 23 | Marty McCann breathed a sigh of relief as he watched his intended back pass rebound off the post for the keeper to scramble it away for a corner . |
| 24 | If the new job is different in any way , an employee can try it out for a trial period of up to four weeks . |
| 25 | Someone must have brought it here for a purpose , but I must admit it looks abandoned . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've concreted up the mouth of the cave and the gap in the rocks which it burst through because I wanted to hold it there for a bit longer . |
| 27 | If it 's something that needs doing every day , keep it up for a week . |
| 28 | He said , ‘ Keep it here for a while . |
| 29 | He saw it only for a second . |
| 30 | I wo n't mention it again for a while . ’ |