Example sentences of "[vb past] it at the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had drawn her fair hair high into an elaborate plait down the back of her head and fastened it at the bottom with a wide tortoiseshell clasp : it looked distinguished and competent , but nowhere near cuddly . |
| 2 | After sorely abusing the corpse , they buried it at the foot of the gallows , intending the burial as a final disgrace . |
| 3 | He took the grenade from his pocket , unleased the pin and threw it at the base of the double gates . |
| 4 | A farmer had a load of unwanted sawdust so piled it at the end of his drive with a notice : ‘ Free sawdust — help yourself ’ . |
| 5 | Thornton rebuilt it at the foot of the castle ramparts . |
| 6 | I ordered it at the branch of the Times Library then housed in Elliston and Cavell 's , the nearest equivalent to Harrods in the Oxford of pre-war years , and remember with what excitement I received it from their admirable librarian Miss Lush ( now Lady Ormerod ) at the end of my day 's work in the Bodleian . |
| 7 | ‘ Anybody could have driven it to Exeter and dumped it at the station without leaving traces that would be discovered by anything short of a pukka forensic examination . ’ |
| 8 | Finally he stood and placed it at the head of the mound . |
| 9 | She took his suitcase and placed it at the bottom of the stairs . |
| 10 | Serving and former guardsmen stood to attention as Princess Diana , dressed in black , took the wreath from two old soldiers and placed it at the foot of the memorial in Horseguards Parade . |
| 11 | Now she let it down and tied it at the nape of her neck with a scarf . |
| 12 | They nearly blew it at the start of the second half too as Brighton closed in for the kill . |
| 13 | Consistent with her belief that the single market is the key to European prosperity and ‘ closer integration ’ as well as ‘ an example and opportunity ’ to Eastern Europe , Mrs Thatcher stressed it at the expense of Delors and the Social Charter — for which she predicted ‘ considerable difficulties ’ from many countries when detailed proposals emerged . |
| 14 | Last Sunday 200 GCSE students from Down 's School in Compton saw it at the cinema as part of their coursework . |
| 15 | ‘ You saw it at the end of winter , ’ Marc told her , switching off the engine and turning to examine her features . |
| 16 | The Pollexton dynasty had finished by 1747 , and from then on various relations spurned Mothecome until eventually they sold it at the end of the eighteenth century to a Mildmay forbear . |
| 17 | BRM scrapped it at the end of 1967 . |
| 18 | Individuals were given the opportunity to achieve much for themselves but too often they did it at the expense of others . |
| 19 | Captain Slocum did it at the end of the nineteenth century . ’ |
| 20 | But BodyShop 's appearance is more a reflection of accounting curiosities which gave it such a huge return on capital last year : likewise fire extinguisher company Nu-Swift , whose remarkable figures last year put it at the top of the ROC table . |
| 21 | Once Keith left it at the home of some guy he 'd had a one night stand with , and when he went back to get it he was so embarrassed he had sex with the guy again , which was a mistake for both of them . |
| 22 | Theories of personal development , or of the historical and sociological development of humanity , which ignore it or dispense with it , make psychoanalytic theory less advanced than it was when Freud left it at the end of his life . |
| 23 | I 've lived with it ever since , had it at the back of my head ever since . |
| 24 | ‘ You probably said it at the end of the 1960s . ’ |
| 25 | The Collective State Presidency , after several abortive attempts to meet , also finally endorsed it at the end of a 14-hour session on July 12 ( again not attended by Drnovsek ) , but imposed new demands and deadlines . |