Example sentences of "[verb] at it [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the individualistic approach of modern Darwinism which looks at it from the point of view of the reproductive success of individual genes , is n't like the older group selectionistic thinking was , prejudiced in favour of any group . |
| 2 | She smoothes the dress out against her front and looks at it in the mirror . |
| 3 | Then , gradually , her ideas would come together until , sitting on a stretch of grass and stabbing at it with the end of her parasol , she would repeat to herself , ‘ Oh God , why did I get married ? ’ ’ |
| 4 | She leaped up , dabbing at it with a napkin . |
| 5 | So I 've looked at it at the end of day and thought well my God ! |
| 6 | Well I 've looked at it with a conscience cos I took the glass out originally . |
| 7 | Sixty-eight per cent of the population have read or looked at it in the past year . |
| 8 | Of course I have looked at it in the past , many , many times . |
| 9 | Er , so , there is undoubtedly a lot of work still to be done in making the D S O competitive , as for building maintenance work , I 'm not certain we 've ever considered having a building maintenance D S O. We may have looked at it in the days before D S Os , but that 's er , a long time ago , and it 's certainly worth having a look . |
| 10 | She scuffed at it with the tip of one brown brogue but it did not even smudge . |
| 11 | Once the target is located , the kicking leg is thrust at it in a straight line . |
| 12 | Tock was striking at the cogs at the top of the pole , banging the machinery and shouting at it like a crazy old man . |
| 13 | Now Summerchild has mentioned it , I believe I remember looking at it during the long silences in my conversations with Millie . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Leaving aside for the moment the nature of teachers ' particular educational philosophy , I now wish to move from describing the predicament from the outside , so to speak , to looking at it through the eyes and feelings of teachers themselves . |
| 16 | Mouse took its head in his hands and met its eyes , looking at it for a long moment . |
| 17 | They got out and he stood looking at it for a moment or two before he walked to the door after Mary Rose . |
| 18 | He knew the pattern of the carpet by heart but now it was as if he were looking at it for the first time , taking it all in , the design of orange and black squares . |
| 19 | ‘ A friend of mine , Anthony Cherry , who produces Prime Time for the BBC , saw in this some journalistic potential and is currently looking at it for the BBC programme 40 Minutes ’ , says Hewitt . ’ |
| 20 | And though I am not sure I would be able to stand looking at it for the run of the show , William Holman Hunt 's hideous , hard-core Pre-Raphaelite head of Christ ‘ The Beloved ’ has the punch of a Gilbert and George . |
| 21 | You may well find , on looking at it again , that there are various elements that you want to change , and it is much easier to take an objective view of your work if you are looking at it with a fresh eye . |
| 22 | Now having said that and looking at it with an open mind I think it was certainly a very useful day . |
| 23 | I picked up the crumpled cheque and spread it out , looking at it with the sort of hopeless hunger with which one admires things in the window of Fortnum & Mason . |
| 24 | I 've got your red book here cos I was looking at it at the weekend . |
| 25 | Well , we 're all looking at it at the moment of , of course , but some of our first impressions are that for example on global warming , there 's no commitment to , to a carbon taxation . |
| 26 | I think on that , looking at it on a logical basis , er , I think our stuff will take up one third of the boot |
| 27 | If higher education is not an end , not an output , it may be worth looking at it as a process : a process which plays a crucial role in the creation and reproduction of gender difference . |
| 28 | It 's now been handed over to the District Council I think they should be looking at it as a . |
| 29 | And er that er very often the criminal fraternity are looking at it as a ways and means of getting out of coming to court . |
| 30 | Wah , urgh , I tried to argue the point at appeal , erm , if you look up the listing for these properties , er , in the area which back onto the mill stream , it 's all the grounds are listed because it says quite clearly , that in the opinion of , they form a group , and it was one of the reasons which I 'm glad you , well as you can see , this piece of ground is part of a listing , and although this existing permission , we 're looking at it as a clean site , tonight , we 're not looking at what has been passed . |