Example sentences of "[subord] it [verb] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is probable that in retrospect he gave that factor more weight than it carried at the time . |
| 2 | To be sure , the last page of the last chapter had not been written at the death of the last apostle any more than it had at the death of the Messiah ; but , like him , the disciples enjoyed the characteristic gift of the end , the Holy Spirit whom the prophets knew would be poured out in the last days . |
| 3 | The Campaign now has more paid-up members than it did at the height of the 1970s real ale revival . |
| 4 | Catalogues and mail order services share the disadvantages of offering a limited selection , and , more importantly , not allowing you the chance to examine the item until it arrives at the door . |
| 5 | The cricket periodically tests the size of its acoustic horn and adjusts it until it resonates at the frequency produced by its wings — a remarkable feat since it can only gauge the efficiency of its amplifier by detecting the changes in pressure waves within the chamber . |
| 6 | If it occurs at the beginning of a committee meeting where something is going to be pushed through and the agenda manipulated it can provoke the reaction , " … hypocrites " . |
| 7 | A burning , thick discharge like cream , especially if it occurs at the time of the monthly period . |
| 8 | If it sits at the bottom of your belly , glowering like a smouldering fire , threatening to explode suddenly at any time and paralyse you ? |
| 9 | It would sit at the foot of the sick-bed and , if it gazed at the patient , its eyes would magically absorb the malaise so the man had a renewed chance of life . |
| 10 | If it pecks at one it receives a grain of food ; if it pecks at the other it does not . |
| 11 | In other words , if we choose coordinates so that the linearised flow near the origin takes the form we can use these equations to work out the point on the side of B where a trajectory emerges from B if it starts at a point on the top face of B. ( We assume that the box B is a cube with faces which are part of the planes . |
| 12 | If it aimed at the point where the insect appeared to be , it would miss . |
| 13 | Edward VI 's Bill of 1547 encountered a great deal of opposition throughout English society not only because it concerned the chantries but also because it struck at the system of confraternities on which much of medieval life was based . |
| 14 | The starting point of ( 2c ) , these positions , is already known to the reader because it occurs at the end of sentence ( 1 ) . |
| 15 | The argument over decentralisation will probably dominate political debate in the future , because it lies at the heart of the Tamil issue . |
| 16 | Because it cooks at the top and then cooks inwards . |
| 17 | We were probably all busy out in the fields at the time since it happened at the beginning of September . |
| 18 | Now this when when it comes at the end of a word |
| 19 | For example , the word ‘ of ’ has the weak form in the following sentence : ‘ I 'm fond of chips ’ but when it comes at the end of the sentence , as in the following example , it has the strong form : ‘ Chips are what I 'm fond of ’ Many of the words given below ( particularly the first nine ) never occur at the end of a sentence , e.g. ‘ the ’ , ‘ your ’ . |
| 20 | June 1 : Piper L–4 Grasshopper destroyed when it crashed at a rodeo in Antioch , California . |
| 21 | I drove twenty yards ahead so that the bus would not be blocking my way when it stopped at the bus stop , then I stopped and looked back . |
| 22 | The fuselage broke into three major sections when it separated at the wing leading edge and wing trailing edge and the wreckage came to a stop 625 feet short of the runway pavement . |
| 23 | The third mystery concerns another ghost known as ‘ Old Moll ’ who at times walks around the churchyard , the legend being connected with a horse which threw its rider when it reared at the sight of something supernatural coming down the hill at Skipsea Brough . |
| 24 | A Jockey Club inquiry into alternative starting procedures is expected to recommend changes when it reports at the end of the summer . |
| 25 | So as it says at the bottom of page eight there 's a golden rule for presenting is use three themes . |
| 26 | Between national curriculum levels and general skills and abilities as it sits at the moment ? |
| 27 | He sat and watched the quill being borne along by the current and then leaning over as it tugged at the end of the swim . |
| 28 | It huddles round a flint-towered church and sprawls down to the North Sea — and what a wallop the sea makes as it pounds at the shingle . " |
| 29 | Thus , where the user covenant permits the tenant to use the demised property for any purpose falling within a class of the Town and Country Planning ( Use Classes ) Order 1972 ( SI No 1385 ) the covenant will be construed as referring to the use class as it existed at the date of the demise . |
| 30 | It must be remembered that what is described is , almost without exception , the church as it existed at the time of writing . |