Example sentences of "it [prep] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Probably the best way to find it is to extend a line from Iota Carinæ , in the False Cross , through Beta Carinæ and prolong it for some distance . |
| 2 | She gazed at it for some moments in silence , thinking about a flat in Manchester where she and John had spent a ghostly week one winter before they were married . |
| 3 | Morris inhaled smoke , held it for some minutes , and then let it out down his nose . |
| 4 | And even when it succeeds , there is still a chance that after pursuing it for some way another gazelle passing in front will impede it and its first , tiring target will be able to escape . |
| 5 | To cross the river we returned to the road , followed it for some way parallel to the railway and then joined the line again near a farm . |
| 6 | Use it for some land , maybe here , in the city , as an investment . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I did n't think they 'd print it for some reason . |
| 8 | It was almost as if his thoughts were not wholeheartedly in it for some reason . |
| 9 | Another thing that tickled me about that game was that when vinny had got his second he went over to one of the hoardings that had ‘ Alexei Sayle ’ written on it and kicked the shit out of it for some reason ( same goal I think as above ) |
| 10 | But she took a dislike to it for some reason , she would n't go in it . |
| 11 | in the way of , but she 's just nervous it for some reason . |
| 12 | but that , as I say for England and France erm they closed it for some reason |
| 13 | We 're amazed that we can hear the people downstairs , cos we can hear them like , you know , if you hear somebody above you , walking here dong dong dong dong , above , you can hear it for some reason , below on the ground floor . |
| 14 | The sellers gave the buyers a delivery note to enable them to collect the spirit from X. However , the buyers chose to keep it at X 's and did not come to remove it for some months by which time it had deteriorated . |
| 15 | Oh er they 're for some job at Street , they 're wanting it for some job or other . |
| 16 | Back to acting , he found occasional work in television drama but nothing substantial came along , nor would it for some time to come . |
| 17 | He studied it for some time and then said : ‘ That 's bad , I 'm afraid . |
| 18 | To start with , you might have to go through the whole exercise in order to relax again but , once you have been doing it for some time , you will find that all you need to do is to picture your own peaceful scene and , because the link is permanently there in your subconscious mind , you will immediately begin to feel more peaceful , both mentally and physically . |
| 19 | I did n't get over it for some time ; it had touched my heart . |
| 20 | I watched it for some time but there 's nobody about . |
| 21 | I have a suspicion I 've wanted to do it for some time . ’ |
| 22 | It was so faint that he had to look at it for some time before he could make any sense of it . |
| 23 | I 've had it for some time — like a little nest |
| 24 | If very dirty they lay it in the stream , securing it with a large stone , and let the water flow through it for some time , after which they proceed as before … the linen is spread upon the rocks in the river , or the walls near at hand , and secured , like everything else by a stone at each corner … |
| 25 | When he handled her breasts they were tender ; she had noticed it for some time . |
| 26 | He had threatened to do it for some time , but only Hank had taken him seriously and tried to dissuade him . |
| 27 | IBM Corp has been doing it for some time , and now Wordperfect Corp is doing it too — applying for patents on their software rather than relying copyright law : reason is that , as the Wall Street Journal explains , a patent can provide a company with exclusive use of its patented programs for a fixed number of years , even if another company develops the idea independently ; copyright , which is created as soon as an idea is expressed in an original way , protects only the expression of the idea , not the idea itself , and it does n't confer exclusive use if someone else develops the same software independently ; downside is that getting a patent costs big — in both time and money — and once it expires , the technology it describes is free for all . |
| 28 | ‘ This , ’ complained Wedderburn , ‘ gives him vast uneasiness , for if he is ordered abroad before he gets his Post he dispairs of it for some time . ’ |
| 29 | They 've been doing it for some time at the Biro , Perth is |
| 30 | And those of yo you who 've been doing it for some time will now realise how easy it has made the momegiture . |