Example sentences of "it [adv prt] for [art] " in BNC.
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1 | But when you want to heat the bedrooms up you ca n't , unless you only have it on for a bit you know . |
2 | Leave it on for a year you 'll get a bill . |
3 | made with all milk you see , and I put this on the other day , it was Monday , and I put it on for a cup of coffee , well Jim was out the front with Tom cos Tom fixed the front door |
4 | Cusworth , England 's former stand-off who still turns it on for the Tigers , leaves for a fortnight 's holiday next week . |
5 | He refuses to play for the moment , boldly pressing on where others tend to dwell ; yet , with those Philadelphians really turning it on for the composer with whom this orchestra is most indelibly associated , superbly captured in Decca sound of great sumptuousness and tonal allure ( even if not always ideally balanced ) , it all makes for compulsive listening . |
6 | Still , I had an overseas news radio set and sometimes at dusk when I turned it on for the BBC overseas news , the light on its dial welcomed me like a beacon from home . |
7 | You can put one on them we 've converse for the , put it on for the evening |
8 | Indeed , the proposed development has been thrown into doubt with the Secretary of State 's decision to call it in for a public inquiry following representations from environmental pressure groups objecting to the scheme 's architectural quality . |
9 | But Pearce , says : ‘ I just ca n't see him packing it in for a younger man to come in . |
10 | Fit your car with a catalytic converter , if possible , or trade it in for a new model — cars made after 1993 must have them . |
11 | So sometimes the sisters would , would really sort of get it in for a nurse and she 'd and they could make your life very unpleasant indeed . |
12 | What you did was to save the lot up and cash it in for a big meal . |
13 | At the end of the two years purchasers can either trade it in for a new car , pay the final payment and keep the car , or hand the car back and have nothing further to pay . |
14 | Now at the beginning of the year , I have no idea how this particular week in November is going to pan out , so I ca n't put it in for a specific day , but I put it in on the Sunday , because it 's specific to that week . |
15 | Why did n't he take that with him and put it in for a minute , for god 's sake . |
16 | Give it a chance to warm up , we need n't put it in for a bit . |
17 | ‘ You have rather got it in for the doctor , have n't you ? ’ said Henry easily . |
18 | The weather God had it in for the night patrol . |
19 | There was er she said , Blue Peter , and they should have put it in because they 've got it in for the kids . |
20 | But you can get it in For the first time at any age . |
21 | But if we do n't get a good response to this I might stick it in for the day in The Post . |
22 | Wistaria Cottage was n't worth much and in any case he had talked at one point of trading it in for an annuity . |
23 | There is nothing whatever to do about it , except , possibly , to put it down for a time . |
24 | She may , for example , lay it down for a few seconds while she opens the entrance to her hole . |
25 | It was heavy for him , he was glad to set it down for a while . |
26 | Looks like you 'll have to sort of like put it up for a day and then take it down for a week and put it back in again . |
27 | Rumour had it the owner of the Gazi burned it down for the insurance money . |
28 | On application they literally digest smells by producing enzymes which attack the source of the odour , breaking it down for the bacteria to absorb . |
29 | Hankin added : ‘ We received a biggish bid for a youngster , but I turned it down for the benefit of the future of Darlington . ’ |
30 | computers and that and er he left it and he just carried on talking about this that and the other , and he says right I 'm going and he went and he left the game , he 'd brought it down for the kids , he did n't say , you know |