Example sentences of "on it for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I 'd love to see them manage on it for a year
2 ‘ I 've had my eye on it for a while , but as an accountant I like to think I 'm getting a bargain , ’ says Mark .
3 After playing happily on it for a while we romped back to our sleeping bags and a meal , excited at the prospect of getting to grips next morning with the classic grade V , Sticil Face .
4 Even without directly challenging an idea , all one has to do is sit on it for a while , put it in his or her pocket , not respond , find other projects more important — and the change effort will be stalled .
5 Jean pondered on it for a day while we held our breath .
6 Thankfully he landed on it for a moment , moving his body back and forth to keep balance with the stress of the wind and peering about him .
7 Borrowing the money , let's , I mean , I do n't know , fifty thousand , let's say , put a figure on it for a moment .
8 After a month of storage in a tank or lagoon , the slurry should be safe enough for spreading — although cattle should not graze on it for a month .
9 However , there is nothing in Law which prevents a player dropping the ball and then falling on it for a score .
10 No that 's where it went a bit wobbly so I made a hook on it for a carriage .
11 He made a pun on it for the title of his revue Cranks .
12 Having allowed a particular expense for some eight years , they are now hassling me on it for the year 1991 .
13 * Get into the habit of standing back from your essay so that you can comment on it for the benefit of your reader ( see p. 104 ) .
14 Mr. Harrison relies on it for the statement in the judgment of Lord Denman C.J. , at p. 683 : ‘ The debtee 's discharge of one joint and several debtor is a discharge of all . ’
15 Later , when the Northern Ireland Office was established , it relied heavily on it for the information on which it based security and political activities .
16 Panyi island , where Sapan and Strawberry lived , had only enough room on it for the mosque .
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