Example sentences of "he [verb] [prep] it for [art] " in BNC.

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1 Christine let him stew in it for a few moments .
2 She drew a breath as he gazed at it for an instant , watching its slow movements , the gentle opening of its tiny mouth as if expressing surprise .
3 A darkened shop doorway appeared on his left , and he ducked into it for a moment till he recovered and regained his breath .
4 Thankfully he landed on it for a moment , moving his body back and forth to keep balance with the stress of the wind and peering about him .
5 He thought about it for a few moments , but said nothing except that he did not understand why a second shoe had been stolen .
6 ‘ Yeah , I was covering them today and — ’ he thought about it for a second — ‘ twice last week . ’
7 He looked at it for a moment .
8 He looked at it for a second then got to his feet and stamped on the eye , hearing it pop beneath his foot .
9 I can not be sure that he noticed all that , but he stared at it for a long time , getting down on his hands .
10 Replacing the phone he stared at it for a moment , then glanced at Bodie , who was waiting apprehensively for the news from the hospital .
11 He looked down now on to the plate on which lay a pig 's foot and two pieces of streaky pork ; and picking up the pig 's foot in his two hands , he gnawed at it for a moment before looking at the child again and asking her , ‘ Well , what 's your other name ? ’
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