Example sentences of "it [prep] a [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wo n't need it for a bit if this weather goes on . |
| 2 | We 'd been using it for a while since we had to leave Riverside Studios , trying out a couple of new singers . |
| 3 | One mate had been into it for a while 'cos he used to go away to sea . |
| 4 | He shook it for a while until it gurgled and moved its head weakly . |
| 5 | She watched it for a while until the ball came rather close . |
| 6 | No I just did it for a laugh cos I want , I want everyone to know the most interesting language in the world which is part of my language is n't it ? |
| 7 | I would n't even think of it for a minute if it was n't best for everybody . |
| 8 | She wandered around it for a minute until she realized it was odd there were no sounds from him . |
| 9 | Jean pondered on it for a day while we held our breath . |
| 10 | And she knew it for a fact when he murmured smoothly , ‘ I think I might find it agreeable . ’ |
| 11 | A darkened shop doorway appeared on his left , and he ducked into it for a moment till he recovered and regained his breath . |
| 12 | There was a ‘ Sold ’ sticker on the board , and she stood gazing at it for a moment as though it might provide a magic solution to all her problems . |
| 13 | ‘ I did it for an introduction before the films came out in Europe , ’ he says . |
| 14 | If he fixed a price with the buyer , and the buyer asked for Modigliani 's address , the painter was likely to give away his work at a lower price or offer it as a present if the purchaser was shrewd enough to take him out for a meal and a few drinks . |
| 15 | His grandfather created a fantasy.But he does n't see it as a folly as he grew up with it . |
| 16 | Use it as a truncheon if it is fairly short , smashing at a hand or any part of a body that comes within range as it moves towards you . |
| 17 | I 'll repair it as a favour if my plans go through . ’ |
| 18 | is it , if you , if you 're using , if you 're gon na use it as a pub as well |
| 19 | And I 'm afraid the young men used to use it as a peephole whilst the young ladies were in a state of undress . |
| 20 | He only classed it as a nightmare because of the head , and even that had more farce to it than terror . |
| 21 | The College itself has warned the County Council that such a camp could undermine security because the I R A could use it as a cover while surveying the staff and premises . |
| 22 | Though Abraham receives the promise of the land of Canaan in Genesis 12 and , by God 's terms , takes possession of it in the next chapter , his descendants do not enter it as a people until the book of Joshua , and the business of conquest is not finished till David is secure on the throne half-way through the second Book of Samuel . |
| 23 | But he said , I said it as a joke when she was asking me about my flying and I said I do n't do as much flying as I 'd like to , I 've , I 've got a wife to support and she takes all the money . |
| 24 | so I went and saw him and he goes I did n't mean it as a slut as , as in a promiscuous woman |
| 25 | One fire engine was damaged as crews used it as a barrier while they tried to extinguish the fire in the building 's upper floor and roof . |
| 26 | The atomic theory thus came by the 1860s to have two functions : it might be a fundamental theory of matter , about which it was appropriate to argue in a very general way ; or it might be a teaching aid , helpful to students who learned it as a dogma because it made sense of a great number of facts . |
| 27 | She may also use it as a greeting when she has been away from the kittens for a while . |
| 28 | He has always been a source of inspiration to me and I hope that he will take it as a compliment when I say that , from the days when I was a student , he has been an inspiration to me . |
| 29 | And finally — I took it as a compliment when the local Councillor took credit for the upgrading , prior to the local elections ! |
| 30 | Indeed , we would take it as a compliment if our presentation of an argument were described as ‘ well researched ’ . |