Example sentences of "it [prep] a [noun] and " 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 | the same a as what Ann had for theirs I mean we 've had it for a year and paid all that rent . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 ’ . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Finally I slumped down outside it for a while and went to bed myself . |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |
| 14 | I have nt seen it for a while and it was one of the more pleasing aspects to the Oldham game . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | We done it for a laugh and because we were bored and it got out of hand . |
| 17 | So can you choose one of those lines now , think about it for a minute and then have a look on at this . |
| 18 | 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 |
| 19 | Rebuild the Roman villa and use it for a hydro and health farm . |
| 20 | Are you are you leaving it for a day and then trying to integrate them ? |
| 21 | Mary had a metal cow she bought it for a tanner and every morning just at six she milked it with a |
| 22 | The baskets measure an ample 15 inches by 13 inches , and 10 inches to the top of the handle , and are hand-made in Somerset by P H Coate and Son who have been at it for a century and a half . |
| 23 | ‘ I would say to under-graduates — try it for a season and if you do n't like it move on . ’ |
| 24 | I hate the system that forces them to do it for a living and then screws them afterwards . ’ |
| 25 | but , so I said oh I 'll have it for a month and then I 'll tell you then whether |
| 26 | If er someone 's taken it for a ride and dumped it near you then can you call Nottingham and it 's Dawn who wants her car back anything I can do you for three four three four three four is the number to ring . |
| 27 | I sometimes think I may live with it for a lifetime and never really know it intimately . |
| 28 | Well I 'll I 'll fax it first thing in the morning on Monday right or somebody will so you can get it y'know we just need to monitor it for a week and that 's it . |
| 29 | Blyth Tait says that the last time he won the top spot from Mary he only kept it for a week and is hoping to hang onto it for longer this time . |
| 30 | Pic oh I 've got it for a week and if I get successful in doing so many tapes then I get twenty pound , twenty five pound v voucher to spend |