Example sentences of "it [verb] [adv] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Back on the main road , it turns right at the junction in Gleann Beag , passing a complex of handsome farm buildings , and ascends a long incline where much-needed improvements have taken place . |
| 2 | It stopped abruptly at the edge of the roof , straining to balance its top-heavy body on slender back legs and egg-cup hooves . |
| 3 | It looks closely at the range of policies developed by local government and in so doing assesses the relative responsibilities of various professional and political groups for their initiation and enactment . |
| 4 | It looks only at the side of business interests who think only of trade liberalization . |
| 5 | What 's more , he had also learned that he must ignore the first playing of the tune , and wait 15 minutes until it played again at the end of the programme — the dog would look up quizzically at the sound of the familiar music but stay still , apparently too smart to respond to an obvious false alarm . |
| 6 | ‘ It came just at the time Michael 's voice was breaking and Britten wanted him in that part , so he rewrote it as a young tenor . |
| 7 | ‘ It seemed so at the time to myself , ’ admitted Edward ruefully . |
| 8 | It happened just at the time when the Tuscan peasants were abandoning their land to go and work in the factories . |
| 9 | She was silent a moment , thinking of Oreste and her journey to England and the future of her family and how it rested largely at the moment on Mr Landor 's £30 a year . |
| 10 | The leather also still looks good , although I 've notices it wearing away at the top of the ankle seam . |
| 11 | At Fenella 's side , Caspar said softly , ‘ They are unable to stand , poor things , ’ and Fenella felt the pity of it hit hard at the base of her throat . |
| 12 | Corbett settled his horse as it fidgeted nervously at the rustling of some animal in the undergrowth at the side of the track . |
| 13 | Can you can you tell me or have you got a pic , where does the picture usually go ? does it go right at the top or do you usually have a bit of headline what happened in that Mirror one there ? |
| 14 | It fell further at the end of the month to US$1.00=309 roubles . |
| 15 | It was too big a puzzle and she let it go although it gnawed away at the back of her mind . |
| 16 | The question , coming as it did unexpectedly at the end of her monologue , disconcerted me . |
| 17 | It did so at the rate of 4–7 in ( 10–18 cm ) per year until it collided with the Laurasian land mass ( North America and Eurasia , which were then joined ) . |
| 18 | Keeping the noisy engine as muted as possible , Yanto negotiated the dirt path until it terminated suddenly at the base of the sea wall . |
| 19 | But it appeared otherwise at the time . |
| 20 | But because it operates only at the level of ideas , without any attempt to specify why particular ideas are held in particular societies at particular times , other than by reference to other ideas , interactionist social psychology can only describe peoples ' beliefs , not explain them . |
| 21 | Tailoring the extent of regulation to the particular circumstances aims to give protection where it is necessary without interfering with the efficient operation of the market where it is not , but it does so at the expense of adding to the complexity of the regulations |
| 22 | This too is a technique pioneered by Neighbours , where it works best at the beginning and end of each episode , and in the poignant identification of the tragedy of Paul and Gail , who do and say the same things day after day , but wear different clothes . |