Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] it for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're ideal if you just want to lose it for a couple of hours , but try not to get hooked . |
| 2 | They 've spent years doing this sort of thing , now they 've decided that they want to do it for a living . |
| 3 | Scorton does have a playing field , but this is administered by the Parish Council and no application has been made to use it for a finishing point . |
| 4 | Guido took a mouthful of his Cynar and seemed to savour it for a moment . |
| 5 | In some circumstances one might seek a maximally parallel version of a program , but it is more likely that one will be attempting to optimise it for a particular configuration . |
| 6 | Yes I 'd like to see it for a day or two but not for a fortnight |
| 7 | Or it could be that they would be appropriate for the reception area in one of the factories , or we might give one to a distributor and say , here you are , this you know , put this in if you 've got the right sort of area and would like to use it for a bit , stick it in there . |
| 8 | I 've got to do it for a week have n't I ? |
| 9 | I was n't going to answer him back , even with ‘ He wanted to bring that lizard back — was he going to keep it for a pet ? ’ — not if he was going to be like that . |
| 10 | I 'd like to take it for a spin . |
| 11 | but I should like to examine it for a little longer . |
| 12 | No one had bothered to wind it for a long time ; the two hands were clasped together as if in prayer , pointing eternally upwards — either to heaven or to twelve o'clock . |
| 13 | Only got to do it for a second . |
| 14 | But you 'd to me you do n't you do n't turn to stealing to do it for a one off . |
| 15 | and you 'll probably want to keep it for a little while ? |
| 16 | You 'll just have to bear it for a little while longer . ’ |
| 17 | I 'm not doing any , I 'm , I 'm , all this bloody panicking about getting a flaming gas fire sorted out and getting a carpet done , I 'm not , not bothering , we 'll just have to rough it for a while . |
| 18 | She decided to leave it for a while . |
| 19 | If your car seems totally unsuitable for transporting the patient , you may have to exchange it for a different model . |
| 20 | I said well if you got us a dog I 'd have to take it for a late night walk would n't I ? |
| 21 | I did n't see the new dog till it was nearly six months old and its mistress asked me to call to treat it for a slight attack of eczema . |
| 22 | For some years , it was used by the American Church , which offered to buy it for a substantial sum from the London diocese when its lease expired ; but the offer was refused and the church declared redundant . |
| 23 | Going it alone in difficult times is not to be recommended , but if you wish to try it for a few weeks then there is no harm done , simply time lost if you are unsuccessful . |
| 24 | And obviously we would want to take money out of reserves , our original amendment took one point three million pounds out of reserves and it 's interesting to see now that you 're suggesting almost that figure again and yet for years you 've been telling us you ca n't take this money out of the reserves , er you know we had to keep it for a rainy day . |
| 25 | You 've to watch it for a maximum of three minutes you dad says . |
| 26 | Skill is also required to arrange it for a particular choir , group or instruments . |
| 27 | Well I 'll I 'll fax it first thing in the morning on Monday right or somebody will so you can get it y'know we just need to monitor it for a week and that 's it . |
| 28 | But there is little likelihood of them giving home advantage to Garvey who have gone 32 games without defeat in the competition and need to win it for a record sixth time on the trot to reach Europe next year . |
| 29 | She wanted to savour it for a moment . |