Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] it at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew my wife did n't want to see it at all . |
| 2 | Local councillor Eddie McEvilly said : ‘ I do n't really want to talk about conditions on the operation , because I do n't want to see it at all . ’ |
| 3 | So you want to avoid it at all costs in release three of four . |
| 4 | Some people discover this element of themselves while still very young ; others come to it at a much later stage in their lives — and others never manage to find it at all . |
| 5 | We 're not going to do it at all if the King loses interest too early . ’ |
| 6 | Without meaning there is only suffering , and I was not going to leave it at that . |
| 7 | At first it seemed that Francis was going to leave it at that , the ball in his court , but in fact he was trying to decide which would annoy her most : being kept in the dark about his conversation with Anna or knowing the truth . |
| 8 | I am very , very relieved and obviously taking advice on the next steps because naturally I am not going to leave it at this . ’ |
| 9 | You 've got to start it at forty , the max you know , the last date , is n't it . |
| 10 | Well if you 'd like to keep it at that , that 's fine . |
| 11 | No one tells us how we are supposed to deal with death — our own or that of other people — and yet we are all going to face it at some time . |
| 12 | ‘ Yes , and he told her she should have the amnio in the next week if she 's going to have it at all . |
| 13 | She had the feeling that he was n't going to take it at all well and , like the Taurean bull that he was , he was highly dangerous when aroused . |
| 14 | It is not a difficult object , though telescopes are needed to show it at all well . |
| 15 | I had always intended to do it at some stage . ’ |
| 16 | I did n't want to believe it at first , ’ she told him shakily , ‘ but I can now . |
| 17 | Ben Nevis really needs no introduction , and as most walkers intend to climb it at some point it 's worthy of inclusion . |
| 18 | Experience may help you take some of these into account but if you went for a fixed fee you may have to pitch it at such a level to allow for these that it 's perhaps twice what it might be and you could lose the client . |
| 19 | In view of his instructions Fowler decided to leave it at that . |
| 20 | Once you have completed your design , you must ensure that you cover it with a sheet of glass should you have to leave it at any time . |
| 21 | She had refused to believe it at first , her mind so full of him that her eyes kept on seeing him , playing tricks on her , raising false and cruel hopes . |
| 22 | we 're not , like , intending to sell it at all but |
| 23 | The sellers gave the buyers a delivery note to enable them to collect the spirit from X. However , the buyers chose to keep it at X 's and did not come to remove it for some months by which time it had deteriorated . |
| 24 | Gloxinias do n't seem to like it at all , but that 's been my only failure . |
| 25 | Maria was silent , digesting it , slightly incredulous but forced to accept it at last . |
| 26 | Fig 101 The wind bends at the shoreline in an offshore breeze and tries to cross it at 90 degrees . |
| 27 | " Ah , " said the niece , preparing to leave it at that . |
| 28 | There was nobody else available to take his place in the Chinese dance in Aurora 's Wedding , and John cajoled his way into being allowed to dance it at three performances . |
| 29 | The steep-sided valley of Stroud-Water in Gloucestershire must have presented much the same kind of picture , but Defoe does not attempt any description of it beyond saying that ‘ the clothiers Iye all along the banks of this river for near 20 miles ’ ; and Celia Fiennes passed along the high road over the uplands from Gloucester to Bath and failed to notice it at all . |
| 30 | He could be quite maddening at times , but I had my own concerns and had to leave it at that . |