Example sentences of "it [verb] [adv prt] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It goes on for a minute . |
| 2 | It goes back for a hundred years or more . |
| 3 | well let it dry off for a minute , well they must have a card , good job I thought about that I should be interested to see what she calls her because I think Annalise is a beautiful name |
| 4 | Well I put me clothes out at twelve o'clock , I says to Linda if it holds out for a couple |
| 5 | The confidential reports , leaked by the unions , were compiled by 15 internal ‘ taskforces ’ charged with considering the BBC 's prospects as it gears up for the public debate over renewing its royal charter in 1996 . |
| 6 | So it , it was it turned out for the best . |
| 7 | It rumbled on for the rest of the week . |
| 8 | It looked round for an ally , and found one in the old hereditary enemy , Austria-Hungary . |
| 9 | and I thought to myself that blooming cat 's after them and er it kept on for a long time and then , so I opened the window and looked out a big black cat was here where 's the big black cat coming from ? |
| 10 | Wind was measured at 11.00 and 15.00 each day , but only counted if it kept up for an hour or more . |
| 11 | Would it hold up for the half-minute or so it would take me to drive across ? |
| 12 | It went on for a long time afterwards , I do n't know if he 's still in love with me , ’ she says . |
| 13 | And so it went on for a few more minutes and then Anna returned , bearing a red packet labelled " Marlboro " . |
| 14 | And so it went on for the first 14 years of their friendship . |
| 15 | It has the speed , the stamina and the ability to think as it moves in for the kill and needs to out-think a twisting and turning rabbit . |
| 16 | ‘ It dragged on for a long time afterwards . |
| 17 | Oh , certainly , yes , yes , and and it carried on for a long time afterwards , and and I think is is still used in some selection processes . |
| 18 | After that it picked up for a while , and we looked quite sharp again . |
| 19 | But when it comes up for the real audit , what job , is it going to encourage jobs that are audited . |
| 20 | The aircraft-carrier Clemenceau , though it set off for the Gulf and its movements were followed initially by Le Monde , returned to Toulon in October after a 55-day voyage . |