Example sentences of "[verb] at it " in BNC.
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| 1 | The approach allows researchers to see how the diversity — still large and exciting — came to be , rather than simply marvelling at it . |
| 2 | ‘ Fiddlesticks , ’ said Rose , ‘ if he 's not working he 'll jump at it , for old time 's sake . ’ |
| 3 | She was n't going to let him see that she would jump at it , although not for the reasons he might suppose . |
| 4 | Doyle did not let go of the girl 's plait , but he jerked at it , to make her sit down . |
| 5 | These books and plays and films reveal a humanity which surmounts , as has been said , the hardship and brutality they describe — surmounts it , as a rule , by laughing at it . |
| 6 | They were laughing at it . |
| 7 | The door closed after them and Harriet could do nothing but glare at it impotently . |
| 8 | She could not glare at it or protect herself by clutching at the chair 's arms . |
| 9 | Why do I baulk at it ? |
| 10 | Just hint at it . ’ |
| 11 | Similarly , in the Oval Test , Sobers put in a prodigious spell of bowling , keeping at it because his captain felt he was the right bowler for the situation . |
| 12 | He began to pull at it , stooping , sweating and shouting , ‘ Il pozzo ! ’ |
| 13 | Sometimes they leap at it from behind and claw at its head feathers . |
| 14 | It we he phoned at it was , it was five to six , Jim was going to take me to aerobics because of the weather |
| 15 | She took the official guide out of her handbag and peered at it . ’ |
| 16 | Mrs O'Neil peered at it . |
| 17 | Tom peered at it . |
| 18 | Tom peered at it . |
| 19 | Cowley took the picture and smiled as he peered at it . |
| 20 | The squaddies had gathered round the body and peered at it as rain sluiced the shattered face . |
| 21 | Finch ejected the cassette , peered at it , replaced it and tried again . |
| 22 | He peered at it . |
| 23 | Frau Nordern snatched at it . |
| 24 | You snatched at it and gobbled it down , before someone else did . |
| 25 | She snatched at it , gripping it firmly in numbed fingers . |
| 26 | When pigeons attend to a discrete stimulus , it is suggested , they are also likely to peck at it . |
| 27 | One of these whipped back at him and as he caught at it a thorn drove into the fleshy pad of his finger . |
| 28 | We shook hands warmly ; I noticed that he had his old clay pipe in his mouth but there was no tobacco in it as he sucked at it and repeatedly removed the pipe from his mouth . |
| 29 | Others excelled at it , and were indifferent with instruments . |
| 30 | She smoothes the dress out against her front and looks at it in the mirror . |