Example sentences of "it for a [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inside is a will , so read it for a few surprises . |
| 2 | Place the stem of a stick of celery in some dyed water and leave it for a few hours . |
| 3 | Cook it for a few minutes longer than stated and eat it |
| 4 | Did Changez have any idea of the reluctance with which his bride-to-be , now moving across to her bookshelf , picking up a book by Kate Millett , staring into it for a few minutes and replacing it after a reproachful and pitying glance from her mother , would be exchanging vows with him ? |
| 5 | Halt it for a few minutes and it would die altogether . |
| 6 | So have a look through your book have a very quick glance at erm if you can just at an acid alkali one , at one side of an equation co try not to read it cover it up write it down and leave it for a few minutes till you 've forgotten if you did accidentally see what was on the other side till you 've forgotten it . |
| 7 | leave it for a few minutes , then start it up again . |
| 8 | He examined it for a few moments , then realised Tock was standing beside him with a can of oil . |
| 9 | Manville toyed with it for a few moments , imagining the corridors of the Pentagon and White House alive with zooming figures , grey-flannel covered asses farting tongues of flame . |
| 10 | Christine let him stew in it for a few moments . |
| 11 | But there was a post on the lonely road and sometimes if I was tired from hunting I would take stance on it for a few moments , to rest . |
| 12 | He thought about it for a few moments , but said nothing except that he did not understand why a second shoe had been stolen . |
| 13 | Clutterbuck ceased to work the mill during the latter half of the 1840s , for by 1847 it had been leased to a paper-maker , Frederick Wiggins , who apparently only operated it for a few years . |
| 14 | In 1987 the role of Lord Mayor was taken by Richard Horner , a local butcher , who had done it for a few years . |
| 15 | Those who have a real interest will leave it for a few years before attempting training . |
| 16 | If she has had it for a few years , there will be another bonus in that it will mature before the end of your mortgage term , saving thousands in extra interest payments . |
| 17 | You 've had it for a few years too . |
| 18 | For a second his mind was off the ball , leaving it free for Patrick Lombard to belt in and whip it away , dribbling it for a few yards , then powering it to Mike , who , relishing his new freedom at Number Two , took it up field . |
| 19 | In that case the Lapp had said he would do it for a few drinks if we had any with us . |
| 20 | I enjoyed it for a few weeks but then went to Stanley . ’ |
| 21 | Going it alone in difficult times is not to be recommended , but if you wish to try it for a few weeks then there is no harm done , simply time lost if you are unsuccessful . |
| 22 | However , she only keeps it for a few weeks before it is handed back to the new Lady Mayoress by the sheriff for the price of a kiss . |
| 23 | Geoff Butterwick , public transport manager for Suffolk County Council , said : ‘ We 've only had it for a few weeks but it 's already proving useful and I 'm sure it will make life a lot easier . |
| 24 | They can live with it for a few months , but not longer which is why they have such a high turnover of staff . |
| 25 | In this case , leave it for a few months and try going again later . |
| 26 | I could let you have it for a few months until you get sorted out . ’ |
| 27 | No what I 'm say what I 'm saying is that that leaving it for a few months probably is n't going to do you any harm . |
| 28 | He designed and built it specially for his wife because she 'd always wanted to live by the river , but she only had time to enjoy it for a few months before she died . |
| 29 | Only had it for a few months . |
| 30 | Hold it for a few seconds , maybe five , then release it . |