Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] it at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | At A level , I toyed with the idea of doing physics , maths and English , and if I was just doing it for pure enjoyment I would have done it at that stage . |
2 | He 'd have bought it at any cost . ’ |
3 | Sometimes genuine letters are offered without the vital signature , some rabid autograph hunter having removed it at some period . |
4 | He obviously had never heard of the Order of Merit or I am quite sure he would have mentioned it at that time . |
5 | I had expected it at some point . |
6 | I 've seen it at closed hand . |
7 | She had seen it at first hand , treated children who were victims . |
8 | Tshisekedi , of the Democratic Union for Social Progress , had been offered the post in July but had refused it at that time [ see pp. 38323-24 ] . |
9 | The systematic putting together of parts to a purposeful design is something we know and understand , for we have experienced it at first hand , even if only with our childhood Meccano or Erector set . |