Example sentences of "[vb past] it at that " in BNC.
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1 | I spotted it and lost it at that last roundabout . |
2 | He said , yeah , there has , which came as a great relief to me and we left it at that . |
3 | If she 'd been more of a woman , he believed , she would have meekly accepted his word and left it at that . |
4 | He said a few kind but ambiguous words about the pieces enclosed being ‘ eminently suitable for the audience they were aimed at ’ and left it at that . |
5 | His mother told him she made things to sell and left it at that . |
6 | ‘ Frankfurt , ’ Newman said , and left it at that . |
7 | So we left it at that . |
8 | ‘ You 'll find out , ’ he laughed , and left it at that as Kitty , his wife , arrived with the tea . |
9 | I told Kidsons that I did n't think it was right that I should seek re-election , which was coming up on 30 April , and left it at that . ’ |
10 | ‘ And he just left it at that ? ’ |
11 | It was all she had left now , so she had thanked her sister and left it at that . |
12 | The theory of the ISAs would indeed be very crude if Althusser left it at that but he completes the essay with a discussion of ideology , the mode in which the ISAs function . |
13 | For example , in his Outlines of Psychology , Wilhelm Wundt said that the local sign was ‘ probably due to the character of the structure of the skin' , and left it at that . |
14 | As he dumped his case in the pleasant bedroom , lifted the lid and left it at that , he reflected . |
15 | Newman left it at that . |
16 | She left it at that , opened a cupboard , found coffee cups , a jug , milk and sugar , and laid a tray . |
17 | The Inspector left it at that and as I was waiting expectantly for the interview to end , he said : ‘ Why does an educated man like you spend his time caddying ? |
18 | Ed just muttered ‘ Brian who ? ’ and left it at that . ’ |
19 | I loosely tossed a swirl of Moroccan curtain over the sofa , slid Act 3 of Orfeo onto the revolving mat , lit an Al Akhbar joss-stick , and left it at that . |
20 | It put the wind up me , to tell you the truth , so I 've just brought Hawkbit along and left it at that . " |
21 | So you can take it up with the , the er do whatever he felt necessary , but we left it at that . |
22 | ‘ For what we are about to receive , ’ said Uncle Philip and left it at that . |
23 | I had said to a promising-looking man behind a counter , but it seems I should have said ‘ Cup of tea ’ and left it at that , for he put his hands on his hips and shouted , ‘ What 's stopping you ? ’ |
24 | They 've taken his dabs and examined the mallet , but we left it at that when we knew the Yard had been called in and you were on your way . |
25 | She could have said , Any day now , and left it at that . |
26 | Each time he had given a little shrug , as though to say , ‘ We 'll see ’ , and left it at that . |
27 | Lucy reckoned that it was just some middle-aged woman 's thing , and left it at that . |
28 | But he had simply nodded , ‘ Good , ’ and left it at that . |
29 | But I left it at that . |
30 | Not wanting to give the impression that Leo might confide in her , she left it at that . |