Example sentences of "it [prep] a [noun] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is it for a refund or |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | She gave me my hand back , but let her velveted fingers play with it for a second or two . |
| 4 | Yeah , I thought you 'd only bought it to keep it for a year or two |
| 5 | The car would do it for a minute or two . |
| 6 | As she closed the door after her , Mr Kronweiser looked at it for a minute or two in puzzlement . |
| 7 | Leave it for a minute or two . |
| 8 | I watched it for a day or two , then they sent me out of that part of the house , because they knew I was watching what went on . |
| 9 | Then you can either put it back on to the soil it came from or , before doing this , keep it for a day or two in a small container lined with damp paper tissue . |
| 10 | You hire it for a day or whatever it is . |
| 11 | Yes I 'd like to see it for a day or two but not for a fortnight |
| 12 | you can use it for a saw or put a head |
| 13 | So er if you y'know do the desired behaviour , you collect so many vouchers and er y'know when you 've got ten vouchers you exchange it for a television or something like that , but there 's a whole range of things of that nature . |
| 14 | There 's too much to be done in the garden to leave it for a week or more . |
| 15 | Why not talk it over with your family and think about it for a week or two ? ’ |
| 16 | If you accidentally stain walls with woodworm fluid , leave it for a week or two , and if it still shows , coat it with an aluminium primer before redecorating . |
| 17 | I do n't see why Mr. Morris should n't stick at it for a week or two . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ She 's just noticed she 's not had it for a week or so . ’ |
| 19 | Been taking it for a week or so now ! |
| 20 | They got out and he stood looking at it for a moment or two before he walked to the door after Mary Rose . |
| 21 | Jarvis put up with it for a moment or two . |
| 22 | If the craving returned , I could cope by contemplating it for an hour or two , until it went away . |
| 23 | Until 1957 the French news agency , Agence France-Presse , had no legal status : rival agencies and French communists were among those who presented it as a state or of official agency . |
| 24 | The most feasible means is to pump it as a gas or liquid through a pipeline to the ocean , where at 500 metres , most of it would stay out of contact with the atmosphere for many years , since liquid carbon dioxide has a density greater than seawater . |
| 25 | Use it as a hand-cream or face-cream for drier skin . |
| 26 | You can stew , bake it , use it as a filling or drink its juice . |
| 27 | he or she does not need to look ponderously at each piece on the board to be sure whether it as a pawn or a king . |
| 28 | The main problem with this miracle is the question of whether or not Mark meant it as a healing or a raising from the dead miracle . |
| 29 | So whether you 're tidying away some of those large toys that the kids had for Christmas , and have got fed-up with , storing a few treasures in the loft , using it as a laundry or shopping basket , or even to clear up the garden rubbish , the ‘ Monster ’ will take it . |
| 30 | But when an idea or the picture is false , we are more conscious of it as a separate thing , for we can clearly see it as a preconception or a prejudice . |