Example sentences of "[verb] it [adv prt] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have a 30 gallon corner tank , and would like to set it up for a Black Peacock , Pterois volitans . |
| 2 | It was heavy for him , he was glad to set it down for a while . |
| 3 | made with all milk you see , and I put this on the other day , it was Monday , and I put it on for a cup of coffee , well Jim was out the front with Tom cos Tom fixed the front door |
| 4 | Looks like you 'll have to sort of like put it up for a day and then take it down for a week and put it back in again . |
| 5 | Why did n't he take that with him and put it in for a minute , for god 's sake . |
| 6 | He was saving it up for a rainy day . |
| 7 | There is times I 've casually picked it up , dropped it on the floor and forgotten to pick it up for a while because I 'm on the phone and sometimes it is quite loud in my ear . |
| 8 | set to shoot it out for a good cause |
| 9 | ‘ Because I 've had it around for a lot longer than I care to tell you . |
| 10 | But lines like ‘ It 's a bit hard , your Highness , I have n't had it off for a year ’ , when muttered by a grubby servant referring to his shoe , come just as easily from Tony Slattery as they ever did from Sid James . |
| 11 | But you can only use it up for a month and then you . |
| 12 | If you know you can not deal with an upsetting confrontation , try to put it off for a short while until you feel calmer . |
| 13 | We may be able to put it off for a while , but make that decision , we have got to , some day or another . |
| 14 | There is nothing whatever to do about it , except , possibly , to put it down for a time . |
| 15 | He intended to mark it up for a hundred . |
| 16 | I have been dishing it out for a number of years , and now it is my turn to take it . |
| 17 | Let's face it , all she 'd have to do would be to sit and let him sleep it off for a while , it was probably what the kid needed most , and he 'd never remember anything different . |
| 18 | and they grassed it over for a children 's pre pre playground , now they want to turn it back , and extend the car park . |
| 19 | The shortage of labour forced the landowners to change their methods of exploiting their estates , most obviously in the abandonment of direct cultivation of the demesne by the lord 's paid men in favour of leasing it out for a cash rent . |
| 20 | Its excellent PR and the enthusiasm of the press might simply have set it up for a great fall if the use of its powers had proved to be weak or ineffective . |
| 21 | A few other pilots have flown Lindsey 's Corsair — Ray and Mark Hanna of the Old Flying Machine Company , Hoof Proudfoot , Chief Pilot for The Fighter Collection , who flew it out for a display in Ireland this year . |
| 22 | If you leave the vehicle , the heat from the engine soaks into the carb and thaws it out for a few more miles . |
| 23 | If the new job is different in any way , an employee can try it out for a trial period of up to four weeks . |
| 24 | She may , for example , lay it down for a few seconds while she opens the entrance to her hole . |
| 25 | If it 's something that needs doing every day , keep it up for a week . |
| 26 | Indeed , the proposed development has been thrown into doubt with the Secretary of State 's decision to call it in for a public inquiry following representations from environmental pressure groups objecting to the scheme 's architectural quality . |
| 27 | Fit your car with a catalytic converter , if possible , or trade it in for a new model — cars made after 1993 must have them . |
| 28 | Endill thought it over for a few moments . |
| 29 | A few stragglers kept it up for a few seconds , then there was nothing . |
| 30 | Erm so he ju he was taking it over for a couple of weeks . |