Example sentences of "[verb] it [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Has it changed at all ? |
| 2 | And , although this huge deficit is in large measure a consequence of the fall in tax revenue and the cost of unemployment in the recession , the IFS expect it to remain at this level for some years even if a gradual recovery does take place . |
| 3 | And , although this huge deficit is in large measure a consequence of the fall in tax revenue and the cost of unemployment in the recession , the IFS expect it to stay at this level for some years even if a gradual recovery does take place . |
| 4 | He let it go at that , smiling to himself as he suggested to Iris Sunderby that she go up to her room and put her things together . |
| 5 | The company had a prototype built and running , and employees say it ran at 51.2 GFLOPS peak — three times the performance of the best machine commercially available . |
| 6 | ‘ The scouts say it looks at first glance as if thousands are leaving . |
| 7 | That old smarty pants Dr Samuel Johnson was fond of saying that a woman preaching was like a dog standing on hind legs — it was not done well but it was surprising to find it done at all . |
| 8 | I mean obviously I 'd have to pay more er for if I want it to end at sixty . |
| 9 | I was a fool ; I ought to have let it go at that , but I asked him why he did n't approve — and had a regular tirade ! |
| 10 | And it is not possible for us to know anything at all about him unless he is generous enough to disclose himself Another book in this series has tackled the question of revelation ; suffice it to say at this point that without revelation we can not say anything about the Lord who is Spirit . |
| 11 | Suffice it to say at this point that because of the complex and changing world in which the public sector operates , implementation of policies may solve certain problems but is likely to throw up further problems which in turn need to be solved : hence the cyclical nature of the policy-making process . |
| 12 | There appears to be a gimmick on the throttle causing it to idle at some 1200 rpm when cold , although it drops back to 600 rpm when hot . |
| 13 | She gave me rather a long look but let it go at that . |
| 14 | Ward was changing the subject and l let it go at that . |
| 15 | Wycliffe let it go at that . |
| 16 | Agnes let it go at that . |
| 17 | I had seen it happen at close quarters because I am his caddie . |
| 18 | ‘ It leaves a hell of a hangover , ’ said Mrs Ridley , and Lee felt relieved as if she had been ashamed of her suffering and had had it authenticated at last . |
| 19 | I just ca n't see it ending at all and I do n't know what 'll happen when John gets out . |
| 20 | Then it comes , and John does not see it coming at all . |
| 21 | Just a word about the Oxford goal ; I saw that , I saw erm Andy Melville score it , I was most surprised to hear it overruled at half time . |
| 22 | Discretionary power and the opportunity to exercise it exist at all levels of police organizations . |
| 23 | Ten hours , they 've got it averaged at ten hours . |
| 24 | Neither do you 'ave to pay a hundred quid like I 'eard it cost at one time . ’ |
| 25 | Furthermore , while in former times the responsible authorities strove their hardest to mitigate poverty , of circumstance and opportunity , by driving hard for high levels of education provision , low expectation still depressed educational achievement , and work-related training in industry continued to be low-grade — where employers allowed it to happen at all . |
| 26 | The president is ostensibly the driver of this large complex machine , but at the beginning of each new administration the question is : Will the man temporarily in charge of this unwieldy , temperamental vehicle be able to master its tricky controls and get it to move at all ? |
| 27 | Perhaps best to let it go at that . |
| 28 | The reader refuses to let it rest at that . |
| 29 | they wo n't , they wo n't , th they do n't intend to let it happen at all there |
| 30 | And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds . |