Example sentences of "it [adv] [prep] a [det] [noun] " 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 | Placing her thumb in her mouth , she sucked on it furiously for a few seconds before settling down once more into a deep sleep . |
| 3 | So he sold it on to a this kid and it was up Baxters |
| 4 | She may , for example , lay it down for a few seconds while she opens the entrance to her hole . |
| 5 | Ensure good contact by pegging in place with wire hoops or weighting it down with a few pebbles . |
| 6 | Wendell lit a cigar and puffed on it thoughtfully for a few minutes before saying , ‘ Those guardians of yours , Harry — the ones who filched your father 's legacy from you . |
| 7 | Otherwise , Kovacevich was well wide of the mark and if he respects this work he might contemplate putting it away for a few years before reconsidering its interpretation . |
| 8 | ‘ But I 'll think I 'll just need to talk it over with a few people before we run it though . ’ |
| 9 | Endill thought it over for a few moments . |
| 10 | It 's a wonderful opportunity , please do n't discard it out of hand because of pride or pique , just think it over for a few days and let me know your decision when you are ready . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Now might be the time to follow it up with a few troop directions in fluent French . |
| 13 | A few stragglers kept it up for a few seconds , then there was nothing . |
| 14 | Scotsmen , Englishmen , and Welshmen joined with local fighters like Spider Kelly , Jackie Quinn , and Rinty Monaghan to slug it out for a few pounds . |
| 15 | And writing it out in a half hour or hour lesson was almost impossible because it took too many sheets of paper . |
| 16 | I had to eventually sort it out after a few sorta threats off the bank . |
| 17 | wait a bit , and they said so , they looked at it and said we 'd have to take it back in a few days time for them to do , they could n't do it there and then . |
| 18 | when we send it back in a few days fitting , this job I says we 'll want it early in the morning and you can have it in the afternoon , but we were going to spend the day in Liverpool , but you 're dad said , I 'm not being round all those shops all day , so I said ooh no ! |
| 19 | We pass it here in a few minutes . |
| 20 | Yeah , but people can do it even in a little way |
| 21 | Leave it there for a few days , preferably in wet weather . |
| 22 | She left it there for a few seconds , then restored it to its previous position . |