Example sentences of "it [adv] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly you could try shortening the meeting , holding it on a different day or suspending it altogether for a few weeks . |
| 2 | Placing her thumb in her mouth , she sucked on it furiously for a few seconds before settling down once more into a deep sleep . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He saw it only for a second . |
| 5 | According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle A ( s.a. 755 ) Beornred succeeded to the kingdom on the death of Aethelbald but held it only for a short time and unhappily . |
| 6 | And anyhow , it was still deception , be it only for a minute . |
| 7 | He waved out the match , gazed at it thoughtfully for a moment , dropped it into the ashtray and then looked at Herr Nordern . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Wendell lit a cigar and puffed on it thoughtfully for a few minutes before saying , ‘ Those guardians of yours , Harry — the ones who filched your father 's legacy from you . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ I bought it just for a laugh . ’ |
| 12 | somebody comes to look at it just for a view I mean , I say , I , I 'm quite happy coming like I said th if you motion behind there , make the bar presentable we 'll fill it out with stock then that 'll look better |
| 13 | Turn off the heating and drain the system ( page 154 ) before removing the radiator to take it outside for a thorough flushing out with a hosepipe . |
| 14 | He reached for the Caithness paperweight on his desk and fiddled with it absently for a moment . |
| 15 | Two people replied — a man who offered to take it away for a fiver and Mrs Morrison , who dropped in for a quick look and said she wanted something for her playroom . |
| 16 | Marty McCann breathed a sigh of relief as he watched his intended back pass rebound off the post for the keeper to scramble it away for a corner . |
| 17 | Otherwise , Kovacevich was well wide of the mark and if he respects this work he might contemplate putting it away for a few years before reconsidering its interpretation . |
| 18 | and the last time he said take it away for a week and see if it 's any better , so he took it away and it were no better so he took it down to Paul and somebody from come and had a look at it and said it 's injector problems |
| 19 | Dip this end into hormone rooting powder while it is still moist from the cut so that some powder adheres , shake or tap off the surplus and lay it aside for a few minutes while the others are being prepared . |
| 20 | it was , it was particularly , it , it totally for a girl |
| 21 | Robinson regarded it cautiously for a moment , then shook it , feeling the power in the other man 's grip . |
| 22 | He had lost face , he had lost honour , yet now he flirted with the thought of murder , which was beyond all honour , and he did it solely for a woman . |
| 23 | Yeah , , so erm , I 've got to get some medicine for all of us in a minute , put the prescription in , but erm , you know , she 's had it really for a week like , even though she was treated for thrush |
| 24 | It makes it 'ard for a girl to say no when she 's obligated . ’ |
| 25 | Someone must have brought it here for a purpose , but I must admit it looks abandoned . |
| 26 | ‘ Will you take the dog back with you or shall I keep it here for a while ? ’ |
| 27 | He said , ‘ Keep it here for a while . |
| 28 | ‘ That may appeal to you , but there 's no way I would consider it even for a moment . ’ |
| 29 | Mm no but it even for a |
| 30 | We noticed that they touched each other all evening , shoulder to shoulder , knee to knee , nothing obvious , although I did see O raise Boy 's hand to his lips once , and later I saw Boy rest his head on O 's knees , just lay it there for a moment like a dog . |