Example sentences of "[vb pp] it [adv] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Because I 've had it around for a lot longer than I care to tell you . |
| 2 | 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 |
| 3 | But lines like ‘ It 's a bit hard , your Highness , I have n't had it off for a year ’ , when muttered by a grubby servant referring to his shoe , come just as easily from Tony Slattery as they ever did from Sid James . |
| 4 | Its excellent PR and the enthusiasm of the press might simply have set it up for a great fall if the use of its powers had proved to be weak or ineffective . |
| 5 | Someone must have brought it here for a purpose , but I must admit it looks abandoned . |
| 6 | Some exciting advice — relayed by Andrew from a knowing uncle in the City — had jacked it up for a time , before an even bigger hole was left gaping by the failure of that magical investment . |
| 7 | We 've taken it over for a week or so . |
| 8 | That what the inspector 's been telling us year after year , that we are in serious danger of not coming up to the protection safety standards , is something that we ca n't push into the background any longer and I 'm very glad it 's come to the full council so that the whole council can take it seriously the public protection committee has taken it seriously for a very long time . |
| 9 | 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 . |