Example sentences of "it [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I stood it for a bit and then I 'm afraid I said to him that what was sauce for the goose and at least I was n't married . ’ |
| 2 | Not to say , ‘ I ca n't do it or I ca n't remember it ’ , but stop it for a bit and then go back to it , and then you 'll find you 've got it . |
| 3 | I might stick it on a flying lead and wander around with it for a bit and see where it 's best . |
| 4 | Now let Clare stir it for a bit and then let Amy have a turn , but do n't slop it every where , or else you wo n't have a . |
| 5 | He wo n't need it for a bit if this weather goes on . |
| 6 | Is it for a refund or |
| 7 | If we pick up the leg of a horse that is not used to it , it may tolerate it for a second or two , and then snatch it back from us . |
| 8 | She gave me my hand back , but let her velveted fingers play with it for a second or two . |
| 9 | the same a as what Ann had for theirs I mean we 've had it for a year and paid all that rent . |
| 10 | Yeah , I thought you 'd only bought it to keep it for a year or two |
| 11 | Commenting on the scope of a scheme that can give every farmer a stake in conservation , he said : ‘ If someone wants to make a 20 metre-wide headland , he can run it for a mile and still use up only eight acres of his set-aside land . ’ |
| 12 | Er what I actually mean is whenever you have an idiom , you can substitute in the position of a whole sentence or of a verb phrase , but you ca n't substitute it for a subject and a verb , leaving the object of the sentence intact . |
| 13 | We 'd been using it for a while since we had to leave Riverside Studios , trying out a couple of new singers . |
| 14 | One mate had been into it for a while 'cos he used to go away to sea . |
| 15 | He always did it for a while and then just let it ride to see what happened , but all of a sudden ( it 's amazing — I 've seen it happen several times ) he gets out of bed one morning and says , ‘ Right , I 'm going to do something about it — it 's not moving fast enough for me ’ . |
| 16 | Time is a great healer so , rather than press on with a manoeuvre that is repeatedly failing , leave it for a while and come back to it later . |
| 17 | Tell Kate not to give way to despondency , perhaps she should drop it for a while and come back to it fresh with new ideas and enthusiasm . |
| 18 | I thought about it for a while and then telephoned him to say that I could suggest a pretty easy solution , and indicated to him what it was . |
| 19 | Finally I slumped down outside it for a while and went to bed myself . |
| 20 | When it comes to mixing the colours it 's totally different from mixing paints — but at least you can leave it for a while and come back to it later . ’ |
| 21 | I have nt seen it for a while and it was one of the more pleasing aspects to the Oldham game . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | He shook it for a while until it gurgled and moved its head weakly . |
| 24 | She watched it for a while until the ball came rather close . |
| 25 | 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 ? |
| 26 | We done it for a laugh and because we were bored and it got out of hand . |
| 27 | Yeah but it 's a lot in n it for a film that you never know is gon na |
| 28 | So can you choose one of those lines now , think about it for a minute and then have a look on at this . |
| 29 | Yeah , like somebody else , like , you 're walking down the street , like , you 're in a house and , and you check it for a minute and you 're like |
| 30 | The car would do it for a minute or two . |