Example sentences of "at it [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You could poke at it with a screwdriver or a piece of wire and wipe it with a piece of rag . |
| 2 | Well I 've looked at it with a conscience cos I took the glass out originally . |
| 3 | The baskets measure an ample 15 inches by 13 inches , and 10 inches to the top of the handle , and are hand-made in Somerset by P H Coate and Son who have been at it for a century and a half . |
| 4 | As she closed the door after her , Mr Kronweiser looked at it for a minute or two in puzzlement . |
| 5 | He put down the phone , sat staring at it for a moment and then dialled once more . |
| 6 | There was a ‘ Sold ’ sticker on the board , and she stood gazing at it for a moment as though it might provide a magic solution to all her problems . |
| 7 | They got out and he stood looking at it for a moment or two before he walked to the door after Mary Rose . |
| 8 | I do n't see why Mr. Morris should n't stick at it for a week or two . ’ |
| 9 | And er that er very often the criminal fraternity are looking at it as a ways and means of getting out of coming to court . |
| 10 | The simplest approach is to look at it as a device that moves your weight up and down the board . |
| 11 | You have to look at it as an heirloom and a thing of beauty . |
| 12 | Cunliffe admitted that his knowledge of Germany was inadequate and that his figure was ‘ little more than a shot in the dark as he had been pressed to arrive at it between a Saturday and a Monday ’ . |
| 13 | What happens if one of them 's looking at it from a viewpoint and the other one 's looking at it from a viewpoint ? |