Example sentences of "it for [art] [noun sg] [conj] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 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 . ’
2 Not to say , ‘ I ca n't do it or I ca n't remember it ’ , but stop it for a bit and then go back to it , and then you 'll find you 've got it .
3 Now let Clare stir it for a bit and then let Amy have a turn , but do n't slop it every where , or else you wo n't have a .
4 Commenting on the scope of a scheme that can give every farmer a stake in conservation , he said : ‘ If someone wants to make a 20 metre-wide headland , he can run it for a mile and still use up only eight acres of his set-aside land . ’
5 He always did it for a while and then just let it ride to see what happened , but all of a sudden ( it 's amazing — I 've seen it happen several times ) he gets out of bed one morning and says , ‘ Right , I 'm going to do something about it — it 's not moving fast enough for me ’ .
6 I thought about it for a while and then telephoned him to say that I could suggest a pretty easy solution , and indicated to him what it was .
7 Cos an oil engine was in it for a while and then they put a new diesel engine in I think it would be nineteen thirty nine or something .
8 So can you choose one of those lines now , think about it for a minute and then have a look on at this .
9 Are you are you leaving it for a day and then trying to integrate them ?
10 I hate the system that forces them to do it for a living and then screws them afterwards . ’
11 but , so I said oh I 'll have it for a month and then I 'll tell you then whether
12 I sometimes think I may live with it for a lifetime and never really know it intimately .
13 ‘ She 's just noticed she 's not had it for a week or so . ’
14 Been taking it for a week or so now !
15 There 's too much to be done in the garden to leave it for a week or more .
16 He put down the phone , sat staring at it for a moment and then dialled once more .
17 We saw it for a moment and then the match went out .
18 bought it for the dog and about fifty quid of it altogether
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