Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] it for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They argued about it for the rest of the afternoon , he becoming sullen and sorry , she remaining dispassionate , untouched-She was impressed by his sudden remorse . |
| 2 | Can you think about it for a minute . |
| 3 | So er she says well you can think about it for a fortnight er you see her daddy put out discos altogether because of the lies but she cos she gets nervous because when she 's telling a lie to you she 'll go red |
| 4 | Now and then she lifted an eyeglass up and peered through it for a moment , and , evidently finding it useless at this distance , let it fall again , shaking her head in a frustrated way . |
| 5 | But he is in one sense or another occupied with it for the rest of the book as he directs the recluse in understanding her experience in terms of a pattern established by the Incarnation , and anchors his teaching to Scripture . |
| 6 | Christine let him stew in it for a few moments . |
| 7 | And they will go by what you want from it for the o , over the next few years you know ? |
| 8 | However historically authentic ( or not ) this account may be , what is clear is that Hungarians adhered to it for a thousand years after their arrival in the Danubian plain at the beginning of the tenth century . |
| 9 | She wandered around it for a minute until she realized it was odd there were no sounds from him . |
| 10 | In that case the railway company had carried the parcels of other persons at a rate less than similar parcels were carried by it for the plaintiff . |
| 11 | I would n't even think of it for a minute if it was n't best for everybody . |
| 12 | I 've been listening to it for a while . |
| 13 | 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 |
| 14 | However anyone looking to it for an explanation of how women have come to be excluded so completely from the control of machines , or even for a theoretical framework within which to pose such a question , is in for a disappointment . |
| 15 | Most of the 25,000 audience in the Palais Bercy could not see the platform because of the enormous scaffold bridge built across it for the cameras . |
| 16 | Mouse took its head in his hands and met its eyes , looking at it for a long moment . |
| 17 | They got out and he stood looking at it for a moment or two before he walked to the door after Mary Rose . |
| 18 | He knew the pattern of the carpet by heart but now it was as if he were looking at it for the first time , taking it all in , the design of orange and black squares . |
| 19 | ‘ A friend of mine , Anthony Cherry , who produces Prime Time for the BBC , saw in this some journalistic potential and is currently looking at it for the BBC programme 40 Minutes ’ , says Hewitt . ’ |
| 20 | And though I am not sure I would be able to stand looking at it for the run of the show , William Holman Hunt 's hideous , hard-core Pre-Raphaelite head of Christ ‘ The Beloved ’ has the punch of a Gilbert and George . |
| 21 | They played around it for a while , keeping the rhythm of the music all the time , postponing the pleasure of contact . |
| 22 | ‘ 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 . |
| 23 | Bellybutton , kneeling over his work , thought about it for a second , then spread his hands in a gesture of ignorance . |
| 24 | That 's what I I 've thought about it for a long |
| 25 | She suffered so much when he did casuals that he 'd lied about it for a long time . |
| 26 | We must , surely , eventually get to recovery , but we have been waiting for it for a long time . |
| 27 | When he left school , he forgot entirely about the whole business , forgot about it for a couple of decades , forgot until this thin , tired fellow , looking so very much like his old school chaplain , came and hovered in the drive , the epitome , it seemed to Patrick , of the doubting kind of modern Anglican clergyman . |
| 28 | A darkened shop doorway appeared on his left , and he ducked into it for a moment till he recovered and regained his breath . |
| 29 | One reason that many teachers find the idea of teaching in role worrying is that they feel that once they have embarked on a role they will have to stick with it for the rest of the lesson . |
| 30 | Erm I have n't been bothered with it for a couple of months now Doctor , and |