Example sentences of "[prep] it for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But as I say he 's never done any of it for a couple of days . |
| 2 | I would n't even think of it for a minute if it was n't best for everybody . |
| 3 | At least he 's out of it for a while , ’ she said , unaware of how much Chris meant to Maureen . |
| 4 | The spider may be on the web , perhaps waiting in one corner of it for a fly to become caught . |
| 5 | erm On the question of the river samples and pool samples , yes , I think one of the city pools , one of the school pools we had a bit of a problem , so that took much of concentrated attention of it for a period of two or three weeks , so that 's probably a reflection , I do n't think much of it relates to the river sample . |
| 6 | It seemed at first glance that Louise was wearing a turban ; she had saved her day 's ration of flour and had made a poultice of it for a boil which had erupted on her temple ; her other boils seemed to be growing slightly better . |
| 7 | It 's part and parcel of it for a woman , do n't you agree ? ’ |
| 8 | He put the can back on the table , placing his free hand across the top of it for a moment ; then he took the mug over to the couch and , handing it to her , said , ‘ You know that is n't true . |
| 9 | It wo n't be like it for a couple of years . |
| 10 | He closed the door behind him , leaning against it for a moment , catching his breath . |
| 11 | After this extraordinary eight-frame losing streak , Davis won four in a row to close to only 7-8 , but two elementary mistakes in the following frame , failing to reach the yellow when rolling up behind it for a snooker , and failing to pot a red at close range along the top cushion , prefaced a run of 48 with which Reynolds secured his most notable scalp . |
| 12 | After this extraordinary eight-frame losing streak , Davis won four in a row to close to only 7-8 , but two elementary mistakes in the following frame , failing to reach the yellow when rolling up behind it for a snooker , and failing to pot a red at close range along the top cushion , prefaced a run of 48 with which Reynolds secured his most notable scalp . |
| 13 | The movement for a national Nonconformist forum , and with it for a union in some form of English Nonconformist churches , was a product of the 1890s . |
| 14 | I might stick it on a flying lead and wander around with it for a bit and see where it 's best . |
| 15 | Adults learning to use computers are frequently taught very basic principles ( like how to switch on the machine and " boot " a disc ) and then encouraged to simply play with it for a while . |
| 16 | I do n't have time to play but , I mean to play in a concert band or anything but I might go and knock about with it for a while . |
| 17 | I mean it 's very nice to be with a child , a baby , for about three or four hours , but after that you are quite grateful for somebody else to come and play with it for a while , and talk to it for a while . |
| 18 | Erm I have n't been bothered with it for a couple of months now Doctor , and |
| 19 | She gave me my hand back , but let her velveted fingers play with it for a second or two . |
| 20 | you do n't get that with the Conservative party cos they do n't let 'em get away with it for a start |
| 21 | But if cheating is necessary , you can commonly get away with it for a time . |
| 22 | There is a real danger in only doing the classical things — you 're OK with it for a time , but then you 're left high and dry when fashion moves on . ’ |
| 23 | I sometimes think I may live with it for a lifetime and never really know it intimately . |
| 24 | Jarvis put up with it for a moment or two . |
| 25 | One mate had been into it for a while 'cos he used to go away to sea . |
| 26 | I jerked the phone away from my ear and stared into it for a second . |
| 27 | A darkened shop doorway appeared on his left , and he ducked into it for a moment till he recovered and regained his breath . |
| 28 | That you see the struggle as demanding too much from you personally and so you want to get right away from it for a while ? ’ |
| 29 | The triangular shape is also common : starting with a broad base , narrowing steadily as one goes away from it for a quarter to half a mile , until one reaches the outlet in a main road of the normal width . |
| 30 | A number of significant figures were caught up in it for a while — the sculptor F. E. McWilliam , Tristram Hillier , John Tunnard . |