Example sentences of "[prep] it for a while " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least he 's out of it for a while , ’ she said , unaware of how much Chris meant to Maureen . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | One mate had been into it for a while 'cos he used to go away to sea . |
| 6 | That you see the struggle as demanding too much from you personally and so you want to get right away from it for a while ? ’ |
| 7 | A number of significant figures were caught up in it for a while — the sculptor F. E. McWilliam , Tristram Hillier , John Tunnard . |
| 8 | I walk around in it for a while anyway , watching myself approach in the mirror and admiring the way the skirt moves as I walk . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | In fact he and then Craigie from Rowsay was in it for a while . |
| 11 | Finally I slumped down outside it for a while and went to bed myself . |
| 12 | ‘ Can I hang on to it for a while ? ’ |
| 13 | I 've been listening to it for a while . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've had my eye on it for a while , but as an accountant I like to think I 'm getting a bargain , ’ says Mark . |
| 16 | After playing happily on it for a while we romped back to our sleeping bags and a meal , excited at the prospect of getting to grips next morning with the classic grade V , Sticil Face . |
| 17 | Even without directly challenging an idea , all one has to do is sit on it for a while , put it in his or her pocket , not respond , find other projects more important — and the change effort will be stalled . |
| 18 | ‘ Rose went to bed , ’ Mona answered without looking up from her books and though the boy thought about it for a while he did not ask anything further . |
| 19 | They thought about it for a while . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Lydia thought about it for a while , before she spoke . |
| 22 | Erm now , something that puzzled me for quite a long time when I started out doing philosophy of language er one or two years ago erm frequently you hear claims or we hear claims to the effect that this is a logical form of this sentence or this is the structure of this sentence , or this is the semantic structure of this sentence and I was never quite sure what that actually meant erm it 's partly because apart from Davidson , erm a lot of people who write on these issues do n't actually tell you what the background theory is and exactly what the point of the assignment of structured sentences is supposed to be , erm however after thinking about it for a while , I 've arrived at the following following general view there are at least three rather different enterprises er which might lead you to assign sentence structure and er one needs to figure out the relations between them . |
| 23 | When you 've finished writing , put it away for two or three days : leave it , do n't look at it for a while . |
| 24 | They played around it for a while , keeping the rhythm of the music all the time , postponing the pleasure of contact . |