Example sentences of "[prep] it for a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Likely any car would have traces of it for a long time . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | It 's great , cos the water 's warm , and I fill up the sink and keep my hands in it for a long time . |
5 | No in in your memory , of course , you 've been involved in it for a long time , have n't you ? |
6 | But that was only because I 'd lived in it for a long time and I got a discount so the house was really |
7 | He has n't been in it for a long time . |
8 | Once it has been lifted from the frames it will be offered to the NRM who have expressed interest in it for a projected display . |
9 | She had a cloud of short hair curving in clinging waves about her head , the colour of barley silk , and under the feathery fringe her forehead bulged childishly , with room in it for a notable brain , the one thing about her that was not suavely curved and ivory-smooth . |
10 | Listen , listen to me , when it 's finished , instead of putting it in the box we 'll put it on that other one and listen to it for a wee while |
11 | We all lived on top of each other and at any time one of us was probably irritated in some way by one of the others , but Tom seemed to hold on to it for a long time , never expressing his resentment until he just flipped into despising somebody . |
12 | I know I have n't anything to offer her and that it might be years before I could afford to run a house and give her the kind of life style she 's used to , so I would n't expect Sir Philip to agree to it for a long while . ’ |
13 | ‘ I fell for him at once and he seemed attracted to me , but that was all there was to it for a long time . |
14 | We have been looking forward to it for a long time , ’ said one oilman . |
15 | Erm that it it it will be erm that by law the County Council must consider any planning application which is made erm to it for a particular site . |
16 | On those grounds , the court in reply to the questions referred to it for a preliminary ruling by the High Court of Justice of England and Wales , Queen 's Bench Division , by order of 10 March 1989 , hereby rules : |
17 | But before getting into bed she emptied her bag out on it for a final attempt to work out what he had wanted , possibly taken . |
18 | Well , in my observation , as regards young boys , it er th they played could play them up , the lads would play pranks on the teacher , who would put the best on it for a long time . |
19 | Wew 've been working on it for a long time , polticals issues are nothing to do with us , we 're a commercial company |
20 | machine until Monday and then though we 'll take him off , of course being on it for a long period |
21 | on it for a little while now . |
22 | But she was still in the grip of a puzzling weariness , and she could barely walk by her couch without feeling compelled to drop down on it for a short nap . |
23 | It is very appealing however , and if you do have a turntable it would be a lovely idea to present the roundabout cake on it for a spinning effect . |
24 | Screening was also required near Hill End , at 15 miles 77 chains , where the road from Bishop 's Castle drew close to the railway and ran beside it for a short distance . |
25 | We must , surely , eventually get to recovery , but we have been waiting for it for a long time . |
26 | I could see he was going to be unhappy about it for a long time , and that there was nothing I could do about it . |
27 | That 's what I I 've thought about it for a long |
28 | But he does n't do anything about it for a long time . |
29 | She suffered so much when he did casuals that he 'd lied about it for a long time . |
30 | Well think about it for a long time |