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 |