Example sentences of "it for [art] while " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just leave it for a while . ’ |
| 2 | We 'd been using it for a while since we had to leave Riverside Studios , trying out a couple of new singers . |
| 3 | ‘ Rose went to bed , ’ Mona answered without looking up from her books and though the boy thought about it for a while he did not ask anything further . |
| 4 | So we ‘ gnomed ’ it for a while . |
| 5 | He always did it for a while and then just let it ride to see what happened , but all of a sudden ( it 's amazing — I 've seen it happen several times ) he gets out of bed one morning and says , ‘ Right , I 'm going to do something about it — it 's not moving fast enough for me ’ . |
| 6 | In order to teach potential students the value of laundry work you make them do it for a while . |
| 7 | I wanted to cut my hair short , and they allowed it for a while , until they discovered from a ‘ friend ’ that I am a lesbian , and then they tried everything they could to stop me dressing as I used to . |
| 8 | A number of significant figures were caught up in it for a while — the sculptor F. E. McWilliam , Tristram Hillier , John Tunnard . |
| 9 | I use a small piece of putty over the nozzle for speed and short-term storage ; but if I 'm not going to be using it for a while , I take the top off and place a small piece of Clingfilm over the bottle , then screw the top back on again . |
| 10 | Time is a great healer so , rather than press on with a manoeuvre that is repeatedly failing , leave it for a while and come back to it later . |
| 11 | That you see the struggle as demanding too much from you personally and so you want to get right away from it for a while ? ’ |
| 12 | Following it for a while is like giving myself a good spring clean . ’ |
| 13 | A good A&R Manager can earn sixty or seventy grand , whilst successful A&R Directors can earn upwards of a hundred grand and considerably more if they 've been doing it for a while . ’ |
| 14 | Then when you 've all found a good combination , you do it for a while , then you turn on the tape machine … |
| 15 | Tell Kate not to give way to despondency , perhaps she should drop it for a while and come back to it fresh with new ideas and enthusiasm . |
| 16 | He studied it for a while , whistled and rang Fulham . |
| 17 | They thought about it for a while . |
| 18 | I do n't think we will be needing it for a while . ’ |
| 19 | At this stage , it is a good idea to cover the picture with glass and leave it for a while . |
| 20 | Leave it for a while . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ 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 . |
| 22 | I think it can store it for a while , too . |
| 23 | When you 've finished writing , put it away for two or three days : leave it , do n't look at it for a while . |
| 24 | Think yourself into it and hold it for a while . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | He usually ends up in hospital , stabilises on medication , takes it for a while after being discharged , then stops — sometimes inspired by marijuana . |
| 27 | One mate had been into it for a while 'cos he used to go away to sea . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | I thought about it for a while and then telephoned him to say that I could suggest a pretty easy solution , and indicated to him what it was . |
| 30 | We have n't done it for a while . |