Example sentences of "and [verb] it at a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No they would buy it somewhere and sell it at a profit you see . |
| 2 | Far from reducing taxation , as we had been elected to do , we would have to raise it — and raise it at a time when local councils were already pushing up rates . |
| 3 | ‘ The Scots do n't look very … amusable , ’ drawled Georgie , picking a bit of 1,000-year-old stone off the wall behind him and aiming it at a tent-peg . |
| 4 | The firm collects the waste in lorries and processes it at a plant in the village of Cam Brea , producing 5 tonnes of black tin per week . |
| 5 | Colin picked up his coffee and drank it at a gulp . |
| 6 | Basque pelota looks like being this year 's corker as it involves catching a tennis ball in a fruit bowl and throwing it at a wall ( below left ) . |