Example sentences of "it [vb past] [adv] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | It stopped abruptly at the edge of the roof , straining to balance its top-heavy body on slender back legs and egg-cup hooves . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | ‘ 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 . |
4 | ‘ It seemed so at the time to myself , ’ admitted Edward ruefully . |
5 | It happened just at the time when the Tuscan peasants were abandoning their land to go and work in the factories . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | Corbett settled his horse as it fidgeted nervously at the rustling of some animal in the undergrowth at the side of the track . |
9 | It fell further at the end of the month to US$1.00=309 roubles . |
10 | It was too big a puzzle and she let it go although it gnawed away at the back of her mind . |
11 | The question , coming as it did unexpectedly at the end of her monologue , disconcerted me . |
12 | 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 ) . |
13 | Keeping the noisy engine as muted as possible , Yanto negotiated the dirt path until it terminated suddenly at the base of the sea wall . |
14 | But it appeared otherwise at the time . |