Example sentences of "[vb past] it at the [noun sg] of " in BNC.

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1 After sorely abusing the corpse , they buried it at the foot of the gallows , intending the burial as a final disgrace .
2 He took the grenade from his pocket , unleased the pin and threw it at the base of the double gates .
3 A farmer had a load of unwanted sawdust so piled it at the end of his drive with a notice : ‘ Free sawdust — help yourself ’ .
4 Thornton rebuilt it at the foot of the castle ramparts .
5 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 .
6 Finally he stood and placed it at the head of the mound .
7 She took his suitcase and placed it at the bottom of the stairs .
8 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 .
9 Now she let it down and tied it at the nape of her neck with a scarf .
10 They nearly blew it at the start of the second half too as Brighton closed in for the kill .
11 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 .
12 ‘ You saw it at the end of winter , ’ Marc told her , switching off the engine and turning to examine her features .
13 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 .
14 BRM scrapped it at the end of 1967 .
15 Individuals were given the opportunity to achieve much for themselves but too often they did it at the expense of others .
16 Captain Slocum did it at the end of the nineteenth century . ’
17 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 .
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 I 've lived with it ever since , had it at the back of my head ever since .
21 ‘ You probably said it at the end of the 1960s . ’
22 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 .
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