Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] it at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Repetitive enough to appeal to Matthew , 4 , who asked for it at bedtime four nights running , and with sophisticated touches appreciated by William , 6 , normally a boy of the He Man persuasion . |
| 2 | ‘ I have to write about it at school on Friday , and I do n't understand it . ’ |
| 3 | After they saw the pig — a pot-bellied Vietnamese — on Central News South last night — Environmental Health officers warned the pig 's owner that she 's breaking the law by the way she looks after it at home . |
| 4 | Although on occasion he functioned as leader of the Congress movement , the ascendancy he achieved over it was purely personal , and he could make it seem as though he played with it at will . |
| 5 | Even the unborn child is ‘ expected ’ and constituted as a subject by its having a name and a sexual destiny thrust upon it at birth by the family and community that expects it . |
| 6 | The point is that many an insect was saved by an exceedingly slight resemblance to a twig or a leaf or a fall of dung , on occasions when it was far away from a predator , or on occasions when the predator was looking at it at dusk , or looking at it through a fog , or looking at it while distracted by a receptive female . |
| 7 | Pressed glass became fashionable in the 19th century , and it 's ideal for anyone who wants to start a collection as there are still some bargains to be found — look for it at junk shops and car-boot sales . |
| 8 | Going through it at lunchtime we wondered if that really is what was meant , it 's terribly important one way or the other . |
| 9 | They had talked about it at length over dinner . |
| 10 | Once man has habituated himself to the world of emotions which is a form of the transcendent , it is possible for him to cross into it at will . |
| 11 | He got into it at school , but his friends moved on . |
| 12 | ‘ I heard about it at school . ’ |
| 13 | When we talked about it at length , I realised that I 'd been using clothes to buoy myself up emotionally , ever since my father left when I was 10 . |
| 14 | In cases where both men and women have been regularly exposed to it at work , nitrous oxide has been linked to a high rate of miscarriages . |
| 15 | I am told Dickens partook of it at home . ’ |
| 16 | I went to it at Christmas |
| 17 | But Palmer 's log that day contains a significant remark : ‘ Bart [ Czirr ] suggests that we use palladium as the metal cathode as it has the ability to let hydrogen diffuse through it at will . |
| 18 | She spoke about it at length and Richard asked intelligent questions . |
| 19 | we were talking about it at lunch time , you know , its one of those things that you just do n't think about , you know , |
| 20 | ‘ I heard them talking about it at home . |
| 21 | Tallis is a witty and combative writer , who is opposed to la nouvelle critique but who is prepared to take it seriously and engage with it at length . |
| 22 | And if they 'd started thinking about it at design stage , we could have suggested them another bearing that would do the job and be a lot cheaper . |
| 23 | That means we are looking at having to dispose of around two and a half million tons of wet sewage every year by the end of the century , and the law says that we will not be able to dispose of it at sea . ’ |
| 24 | Check for any areas of hazard such as pillars , radiators , chairs or competitors ' bags near the area — anything , in fact , that might cause you injury if you ploughed into it at speed . |
| 25 | ‘ Given that you ca n't give it up , and you seem unable to scrub round it at present , ’ said Francis , ‘ what exactly have you got ? |