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Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] it for a " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Can you think about it for a minute .
2	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
3	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 .
4	Christine let him stew in it for a few moments .
5	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 .
6	She wandered around it for a minute until she realized it was odd there were no sounds from him .
7	I would n't even think of it for a minute if it was n't best for everybody .
8	I 've been listening to it for a while .
9	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
10	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 .
11	Mouse took its head in his hands and met its eyes , looking at it for a long moment .
12	They got out and he stood looking at it for a moment or two before he walked to the door after Mary Rose .
13	They played around it for a while , keeping the rhythm of the music all the time , postponing the pleasure of contact .
14	‘ 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 .
15	Bellybutton , kneeling over his work , thought about it for a second , then spread his hands in a gesture of ignorance .
16	That 's what I I 've thought about it for a long
17	She suffered so much when he did casuals that he 'd lied about it for a long time .
18	We must , surely , eventually get to recovery , but we have been waiting for it for a long time .
19	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 .
20	A darkened shop doorway appeared on his left , and he ducked into it for a moment till he recovered and regained his breath .
21	Erm I have n't been bothered with it for a couple of months now Doctor , and
22	He stood in the hallway puffing on it for a few seconds to make sure it was fully alight .
23	Should we look to it for a pool of inventive talent that actively embodied novelty in its products , and thereby provided pressure for technical change among its customers ; or rather , for provision of engineering skills that responded passively to the demands made upon it by the inventiveness of its clients consumer industries and civil engineers ?
24	We both look at it for a bit .
25	I look at it for a moment , tracing out my journey from Westminster .
26	When you 've finished writing , put it away for two or three days : leave it , do n't look at it for a while .
27	I do n't see why Mr. Morris should n't stick at it for a week or two . ’
28	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 .
29	I always seem to get them at dawn , it 's something to do with the stuffiness of this room after I 've been locked in it for a night .
30	Thankfully he landed on it for a moment , moving his body back and forth to keep balance with the stress of the wind and peering about him .