Example sentences of "[verb] it at the [noun sg] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We did not know it at the time but the torch we lit in Britain , which transformed our country — the torch of freedom that is now the symbol of our party — became a beacon that has shed its light across the Iron Curtain into the East . |
| 2 | I did n't know it at the time but a greater blow awaited me A few days later Mrs Rumney was on the phone again . |
| 3 | I did n't realize it at the time but I think it wants |
| 4 | It was a thoroughly tested number as Tiller had not only shown it at the Palace but his La Scala Girls had also performed it at the Winter Gardens Pavilion , Blackpool , the previous year . |
| 5 | The plonker does n't actually know how to operate it at the moment but he will once he 's passed his night school exams . |