Example sentences of "it [conj] at the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How is it that at the British yarn show held recently in Leicester the chairman of Benson Turner , a firm of spinners in my constituency and an efficient and well-organised company , complained that the Department of Trade and Industry shows inertia and indifference when the industry submits complaints about illegal subsidies and dumping ? |
| 2 | The thought patterns allow me to erm put down what I wanted to talk about , expand on it and at the same time break it down into areas and on the other and spend some time on each area . |
| 3 | Evelyn was gazing at it and at the eager face above the frilly collar , but whether in rapture or disbelief Sam could not tell . |
| 4 | On leaving Powell Street he had lit a cigarette and within seconds a disembodied voice was booming at him to extinguish it and at the next station put it out the door on to the track . |
| 5 | Roger , Terry and David , er need to take this away , have a look at it and at the next meeting we either then draw some conclusions and again what I 'm looking for |
| 6 | It was struck not at the weak man who suffered it but at the strong God who was the man 's master . |
| 7 | Other examples in the Renaissance include the malcontent who haunts the very power structure which has alienated him , seeking reinscription within it but at the same time demystifying it , operating within and subverting it at the same time ; the revengers whose actions constitute an even more violent bid for reinscription within the very society which has alienated and dispossessed them ; the assertive women , the ‘ women on top ’ described by Natalie Zemon Davis who simultaneously appropriate , exploit , and undermine masculine discourse . |
| 8 | But I mean , er you can see the , you can see the point of that and and presumably , yes , there must be lots of very wealthy people who who er , just get the child benefit and hardly notice it but at the same time , could n't we means test the old age pension ? |