Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] it [prep] a [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clutterbuck ceased to work the mill during the latter half of the 1840s , for by 1847 it had been leased to a paper-maker , Frederick Wiggins , who apparently only operated it for a few years . |
| 2 | Inside is a will , so read it for a few surprises . |
| 3 | Geoff Butterwick , public transport manager for Suffolk County Council , said : ‘ We 've only had it for a few weeks but it 's already proving useful and I 'm sure it will make life a lot easier . |
| 4 | However , she only keeps it for a few weeks before it is handed back to the new Lady Mayoress by the sheriff for the price of a kiss . |
| 5 | Only had it for a few months . |
| 6 | The Provisional IRA have also used it on a few occasions . |
| 7 | Yeah , probably did it in a few hours |
| 8 | She later embellished it with a few words about my inability to dance again — which I 'd never indulged in — and proposed that the girls would be driven even further away . |
| 9 | ‘ Do n't use it for a few days , and see how it goes . ’ |
| 10 | you , you want to keep your race , i if you 've got a an alsatian or a , a bulldog , you do n't mix it with a some o you keep them , another bulldog with it do n't you ? |
| 11 | This is how to do it with a few extra explanations to help you understand why you are making the movements — realising why levers move often helps to set the method in the mind . |