Example sentences of "it [prep] a " in BNC.
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1 | Set it for a moment beside one of those white Greek goddesses of beautiful women of antiquity , and how would they be troubled by this beauty , into which the soul with all its maladies has passed ! |
2 | He takes it for a walk — such walks have long been a ritual activity of the country 's more optimistic male poor , the dog more expensively jacketed than the chap . |
3 | I stood there staring at it for a moment , unable to believe what I saw . |
4 | There 's too much to be done in the garden to leave it for a week or more . |
5 | Just leave it for a while . ’ |
6 | James bowed ironically and offered them the document ; Alexander Menzies pretended to think about it for a full five minutes and signed it with extraordinary flourishes that made the pen splutter and seemed to say , ‘ Very well , I will humour your ridiculous ritual . ’ |
7 | I made it for a dancer ( Nijinsky ) who can soar like a spirit , but who has the strength to dance with the Wilis [ as in Giselle ] and live to dance again . ’ |
8 | ‘ I used to do a lot of home brewing and going round beer festivals gave me the idea of doing it for a living . |
9 | Covering the work to protect from frost and rain , we left it for a few days to dry , which helps the shuttering to loosen itself too . |
10 | The two owners were aged 84 and 71 and , after the chewing incident , the RSPCA swapped it for a smaller dog . |
11 | Shah declined , but said he would be willing to help finance it for a fee . |
12 | They had swapped it for a modern flat in a concrete skyscraper . |
13 | ‘ I sometimes wonder what it would be like if Stop The World had had a proper director , who did it for a living . |
14 | He would have returned it , of course , he only wanted it for a painting . |
15 | Fishing Lines : The staring eyes have it for a longer life |
16 | But if cheating is necessary , you can commonly get away with it for a time . |
17 | Others would buy it for a fancy dress party or a dare . |
18 | We 'd been using it for a while since we had to leave Riverside Studios , trying out a couple of new singers . |
19 | He built it for a very simple reason . |
20 | I would n't even think of it for a minute if it was n't best for everybody . |
21 | ‘ Rose went to bed , ’ Mona answered without looking up from her books and though the boy thought about it for a while he did not ask anything further . |
22 | In that case the Lapp had said he would do it for a few drinks if we had any with us . |
23 | I stood it for a bit and then I 'm afraid I said to him that what was sauce for the goose and at least I was n't married . ’ |
24 | The smoke sort of hangs in blue layers above the bed and I watch it for a bit . |
25 | We both look at it for a bit . |
26 | I think about it for a bit . |
27 | I think about it for a bit . |
28 | I open my eyes and think about it for a bit . |
29 | I stick the fire on in my room and warm myself by it for a bit . |
30 | I try it for a bit — you know , pretending that I 'm all frozen , but someone on a bike comes down the path and I got to move to get out the way . |