Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] it [adv] for [art] " in BNC.

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1 Similarly you could try shortening the meeting , holding it on a different day or suspending it altogether for a few weeks .
2 Dip this end into hormone rooting powder while it is still moist from the cut so that some powder adheres , shake or tap off the surplus and lay it aside for a few minutes while the others are being prepared .
3 He put an arm around her shoulders and kept it there for a moment .
4 However , the party did not follow this line ; otherwise they would have opposed independence for the more advanced Poland , Finland , the Baltic States and the Ukraine , and supported it only for the more backward minorities .
5 ‘ Then knock the lid down so that the rough edges are holding the lid in place , so to speak , and leave it again for a bit .
6 So he , he thought he 'd do an experiment , er he took a small piece of radium which he 'd extracted from several tons of pitchblende and he put this bit of radium on his forearm and , and put a bandage round to hold it in place and left it there for a week and said right I 'll see what happens .
7 She took the smoke down deep into her lungs and held it there for a while before letting it out slowly .
8 According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle A ( s.a. 755 ) Beornred succeeded to the kingdom on the death of Aethelbald but held it only for a short time and unhappily .
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