Example sentences of "[prep] it for a " in BNC.
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1 | I would n't even think of it for a minute if it was n't best for everybody . |
2 | Likely any car would have traces of it for a long time . |
3 | He put the can back on the table , placing his free hand across the top of it for a moment ; then he took the mug over to the couch and , handing it to her , said , ‘ You know that is n't true . |
4 | It seemed at first glance that Louise was wearing a turban ; she had saved her day 's ration of flour and had made a poultice of it for a boil which had erupted on her temple ; her other boils seemed to be growing slightly better . |
5 | The spider may be on the web , perhaps waiting in one corner of it for a fly to become caught . |
6 | It 's part and parcel of it for a woman , do n't you agree ? ’ |
7 | At least he 's out of it for a while , ’ she said , unaware of how much Chris meant to Maureen . |
8 | But as I say he 's never done any of it for a couple of days . |
9 | It would be a holiday to discard the worry of it for a few days . |
10 | Now no level headed business man in his right senses would recommend that they dispose of any part of it for a temporary , permanent gipsy site or whatever you like to call it . |
11 | erm On the question of the river samples and pool samples , yes , I think one of the city pools , one of the school pools we had a bit of a problem , so that took much of concentrated attention of it for a period of two or three weeks , so that 's probably a reflection , I do n't think much of it relates to the river sample . |
12 | It wo n't be like it for a couple of years . |
13 | He closed the door behind him , leaning against it for a moment , catching his breath . |
14 | After this extraordinary eight-frame losing streak , Davis won four in a row to close to only 7-8 , but two elementary mistakes in the following frame , failing to reach the yellow when rolling up behind it for a snooker , and failing to pot a red at close range along the top cushion , prefaced a run of 48 with which Reynolds secured his most notable scalp . |
15 | After this extraordinary eight-frame losing streak , Davis won four in a row to close to only 7-8 , but two elementary mistakes in the following frame , failing to reach the yellow when rolling up behind it for a snooker , and failing to pot a red at close range along the top cushion , prefaced a run of 48 with which Reynolds secured his most notable scalp . |
16 | He wrote this book , he started Traidcraft off , he was the person who was i his brainchild , he was the driving force behind it for a long time . |
17 | But if cheating is necessary , you can commonly get away with it for a time . |
18 | The movement for a national Nonconformist forum , and with it for a union in some form of English Nonconformist churches , was a product of the 1890s . |
19 | Manville toyed with it for a few moments , imagining the corridors of the Pentagon and White House alive with zooming figures , grey-flannel covered asses farting tongues of flame . |
20 | Jarvis put up with it for a moment or two . |
21 | They can live with it for a few months , but not longer which is why they have such a high turnover of staff . |
22 | There is a real danger in only doing the classical things — you 're OK with it for a time , but then you 're left high and dry when fashion moves on . ’ |
23 | Erm I have n't been bothered with it for a couple of months now Doctor , and |
24 | She gave me my hand back , but let her velveted fingers play with it for a second or two . |
25 | I sometimes think I may live with it for a lifetime and never really know it intimately . |
26 | Adults learning to use computers are frequently taught very basic principles ( like how to switch on the machine and " boot " a disc ) and then encouraged to simply play with it for a while . |
27 | I might stick it on a flying lead and wander around with it for a bit and see where it 's best . |
28 | you do n't get that with the Conservative party cos they do n't let 'em get away with it for a start |
29 | I do n't have time to play but , I mean to play in a concert band or anything but I might go and knock about with it for a while . |
30 | I mean it 's very nice to be with a child , a baby , for about three or four hours , but after that you are quite grateful for somebody else to come and play with it for a while , and talk to it for a while . |