Example sentences of "[be] [prep] it for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | One mate had been into it for a while 'cos he used to go away to sea . |
| 2 | He has n't been in it for a long time . |
| 3 | If you are not fond enough of a paper to buy it in bulk , it would be worth it for a group of friends or a class to get together and buy a mill pack . |
| 4 | It wo n't be like it for a couple of years . |
| 5 | machine until Monday and then though we 'll take him off , of course being on it for a long period |
| 6 | And er we cast during the dark days of the war , when toys were n't available , we a few older blokes er apprentices used to I remember being at it for a couple of hard week we had a hard week , well evening during the evenings anyway . |
| 7 | The baskets measure an ample 15 inches by 13 inches , and 10 inches to the top of the handle , and are hand-made in Somerset by P H Coate and Son who have been at it for a century and a half . |
| 8 | Cos an oil engine was in it for a while and then they put a new diesel engine in I think it would be nineteen thirty nine or something . |
| 9 | In fact he and then Craigie from Rowsay was in it for a while . |
| 10 | ‘ I fell for him at once and he seemed attracted to me , but that was all there was to it for a long time . |