Example sentences of "it [adv] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when you want to heat the bedrooms up you ca n't , unless you only have it on for a bit you know . |
| 2 | Leave it on for a year you 'll get a bill . |
| 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 | He refuses to play for the moment , boldly pressing on where others tend to dwell ; yet , with those Philadelphians really turning it on for the composer with whom this orchestra is most indelibly associated , superbly captured in Decca sound of great sumptuousness and tonal allure ( even if not always ideally balanced ) , it all makes for compulsive listening . |
| 5 | Cusworth , England 's former stand-off who still turns it on for the Tigers , leaves for a fortnight 's holiday next week . |
| 6 | Still , I had an overseas news radio set and sometimes at dusk when I turned it on for the BBC overseas news , the light on its dial welcomed me like a beacon from home . |
| 7 | You can put one on them we 've converse for the , put it on for the evening |
| 8 | Cos the we er did get people contacting the office to say I 've got a lump sum , I 'd like to put it somewhere for a couple of years , and er we always wondered why they 're thinking of a couple of years . |
| 9 | He saw it only for a second . |
| 10 | And anyhow , it was still deception , be it only for a minute . |
| 11 | Members of these covens are usually ‘ nominal ’ witches who pay only lip-service to the dogmas and are interested in it only for the kicks it provides . |
| 12 | Give it a chance to warm up , we need n't put it in for a bit . |
| 13 | So sometimes the sisters would , would really sort of get it in for a nurse and she 'd and they could make your life very unpleasant indeed . |
| 14 | Why did n't he take that with him and put it in for a minute , for god 's sake . |
| 15 | But if we do n't get a good response to this I might stick it in for the day in The Post . |
| 16 | The weather God had it in for the night patrol . |
| 17 | ‘ You have rather got it in for the doctor , have n't you ? ’ said Henry easily . |
| 18 | There was er she said , Blue Peter , and they should have put it in because they 've got it in for the kids . |
| 19 | Wistaria Cottage was n't worth much and in any case he had talked at one point of trading it in for an annuity . |
| 20 | It was heavy for him , he was glad to set it down for a while . |
| 21 | There is nothing whatever to do about it , except , possibly , to put it down for a time . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Rumour had it the owner of the Gazi burned it down for the insurance money . |
| 24 | Hankin added : ‘ We received a biggish bid for a youngster , but I turned it down for the benefit of the future of Darlington . ’ |
| 25 | On application they literally digest smells by producing enzymes which attack the source of the odour , breaking it down for the bacteria to absorb . |
| 26 | computers and that and er he left it and he just carried on talking about this that and the other , and he says right I 'm going and he went and he left the game , he 'd brought it down for the kids , he did n't say , you know |
| 27 | He waved out the match , gazed at it thoughtfully for a moment , dropped it into the ashtray and then looked at Herr Nordern . |
| 28 | He placed the receiver down , stared at it thoughtfully for a moment , then turned back into the room , intending to join the Hatches in the garden . |
| 29 | It had taken until the long , open left-hander that leads down into Glen Kinglas before my erection had finally subsided , and that had been mostly naked fear ; Verity had lost it just for a second , the rear of the car nudging out towards the wrong side of the road as we whanged round the bend . |
| 30 | ‘ I bought it just for a laugh . ’ |