Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] it for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there were plenty of beautiful and recognisable faces to be seen amongst the anonymous , but none-the-less powerful , fashion editors , still enough buying power in this room alone to rock empires , even if no house made a profit from the couture but rather used it for a loss-leading advertisement and a mark of prestige . |
| 2 | This had covered the blotter so that he had really only seen it for a short time . |
| 3 | I discovered he was teething — the sucking made his gums sore so he could only do it for a short time . |
| 4 | Clutterbuck ceased to work the mill during the latter half of the 1840s , for by 1847 it had been leased to a paper-maker , Frederick Wiggins , who apparently only operated it for a few years . |
| 5 | Inside is a will , so read it for a few surprises . |
| 6 | Geoff Butterwick , public transport manager for Suffolk County Council , said : ‘ We 've only had it for a few weeks but it 's already proving useful and I 'm sure it will make life a lot easier . |
| 7 | Mere faith in an idea can only sustain it for a limited time especially when others are required to act upon that faith . |
| 8 | However , she only keeps it for a few weeks before it is handed back to the new Lady Mayoress by the sheriff for the price of a kiss . |
| 9 | The real question in each such case is ‘ Does the patient really mean what he says or is he merely saying it for a quiet life , to satisfy someone else or because the advice and persuasion to which he has been subjected is such that he can no longer think and decide for himself ? ’ |
| 10 | It looked tall but I only saw it for a moment . ’ |
| 11 | Blyth Tait says that the last time he won the top spot from Mary he only kept it for a week and is hoping to hang onto it for longer this time . |
| 12 | in the canteen but I ca ca n't take that into the factory Only do it for a week , you 've spilt that , Helen ! |
| 13 | Only had it for a few months . |
| 14 | That 's how I think of it : as my home , even though I only see it for a short time every year . |
| 15 | He would have returned it , of course , he only wanted it for a painting . |
| 16 | I only wanted it for a |
| 17 | ‘ But I reckon they just mistook it for a runway . |
| 18 | fourteen or I had a sixteen overhead cam Cortina engine sitting up the blokes just swapped it for a two litre cos he wanted some more go . |
| 19 | ‘ She 's just noticed she 's not had it for a week or so . ’ |
| 20 | The Queen Alien was built in two versions , a full-size mechanical one also using two stuntmen inside , and a quarter-sized puppet , operated mechanically , since Cameron , who had accepted stop-motion for the Terminator 's final stage , did not like it for an organic creature . |
| 21 | Topaz found it very difficult to obey the command for constant disdain , and soon shed it for a charm which worked like magic . |
| 22 | whatever it is , deflate , and er guy come round , no problems , no problems with it , well I mean the head gasket 's gone and there 's a hole near the wing and bald tyre on it but mechanically it 's , this guy comes round to look at it , I mean he 's been driving it from Plymouth , he 's in the navy , up and down here , bloke comes round , yeah no problem , come on round mate , come and have a look at it , look round it , says yeah I like this can I just take it for a drive ? |
| 23 | I think the other possibility to take Stella 's point is that if there is a change that 's come up because of an audit , where a particular job has been audited and you know that within the next week or so another similar job is being audited , it may make sense to refer it 'til the next meeting , providing you 're not deferring it for a long period of time , to compar the results of the two jobs . |
| 24 | I would just leave it for a while |
| 25 | You add the wine , and mix it with the eggs and cheese , pour the mixture into a flameproof casserole and put it to cook immediately , but you do not leave it for an instant : you stir ceaselessly until you have a homogenous cream , and you serve it sizzling in the recipient in which it has cooked . " |
| 26 | With × 12 the haze is much more pronounced , and an unwary observer could easily mistake it for a comet . |
| 27 | In Berry ( No. 2 ) , the applicant , B , had been convicted of making an explosive in circumstances giving rise to the reasonable suspicion that he was not making it for a lawful object . |
| 28 | Jon sees the key to it all as simply getting out and having a good time : ‘ I just do it for a laugh , basically . |
| 29 | I just did it for a laugh . |
| 30 | No I just did it for a laugh cos I want , I want everyone to know the most interesting language in the world which is part of my language is n't it ? |