Example sentences of "it [prep] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think may- , you know she thought maybe she might have kept it for an occasion |
| 2 | If the craving returned , I could cope by contemplating it for an hour or two , until it went away . |
| 3 | Leave it for an hour , until the bulk of the whey has drained off , and transfer the curd , still in its cloth , to the mould . |
| 4 | He watched it for an hour , and it flickered once |
| 5 | Do you think you can hold it for an hour ? ’ |
| 6 | And erm I got down on my hands and knees I must 've done it for an hour |
| 7 | and others can , you know sit and stare at it for an hour still would n't know who it was . |
| 8 | He lifted it , as if he were about to kiss it , laid it for an instant against his cheek , then restored it , still captive , to his knee . |
| 9 | You add the wine , and mix it with the eggs and cheese , pour the mixture into a flameproof casserole and put it to cook immediately , but you do not leave it for an instant : you stir ceaselessly until you have a homogenous cream , and you serve it sizzling in the recipient in which it has cooked . " |
| 10 | To reduce the magnification soak up some of the water drop by gently touching a piece of paper tissue or blotting paper against it for an instant . |
| 11 | All three of them stared at it for an instant . |
| 12 | She drew a breath as he gazed at it for an instant , watching its slow movements , the gentle opening of its tiny mouth as if expressing surprise . |
| 13 | You can use it for an interview . |
| 14 | ‘ I did it for an introduction before the films came out in Europe , ’ he says . |
| 15 | otherwise we leave it for an evening just have general , I mean if we can she wants us to do the whole twenty , she said she 'd be delighted , there was Yorkshire Television on her car keys |
| 16 | However anyone looking to it for an explanation of how women have come to be excluded so completely from the control of machines , or even for a theoretical framework within which to pose such a question , is in for a disappointment . |
| 17 | Davide had turned up a coin , one afternoon , when he was mooning around ; it was a common enough type , the professor told him in the museum at Riba , where he took it for an opinion . |
| 18 | He had mistaken it for an ashtray and I watched from the back seat as he painstakingly flicked his ash on to the small pile of dead matches and cigarette ends that he 'd accumulated in the bowl of the vent . |
| 19 | Women are , however , very often left with the responsibility because , in the same way that they have had to worry about contraception over the years , men often do n't see it as an issue for them , or are reluctant and afraid to discuss it . |
| 20 | He intended to regard it as an incident of the utmost gravity . |
| 21 | This time I used a grey Ingres paper and left it exposed in parts of the sky , as well as using it as an undertone to modify the colour put over it elsewhere . |
| 22 | Then try to look at it as an artist would look at it , really analysing it . |
| 23 | Very few people have the luxury of starting completely from scratch although those who do seldom see it as an advantage . |
| 24 | Erm but er I can appreciate obviously for you , particularly final year students , to have s y'know a single text which not all of you are not that keen on , but er some of you do see it as an advantage as well . |
| 25 | The residents and traders do not seem overly worried about indiscriminate parking they seem to regard it as an advantage which the town has over others . |
| 26 | Although this corrected a chronic under-representation , the SDLP were furious , interpreting it as an integrationist measure in favour of Protestants . |
| 27 | Whilst it is possible to involve CAD at any of the three levels , it is often seen that even the high technology companies will initially approach it as an element replacement activity ( low level ) . |
| 28 | We use evidence as a weapon in an argument , the Japanese use it as an element in a construction . |
| 29 | They talk about it as an expenditure and not as an investment . |
| 30 | Could you have shifted it as an individual in the right direction ? |