Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] it at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says that he shot it down , after chasing it at low level . |
| 2 | There 's no mathematical way of defining it at that point . |
| 3 | And especially not of aiming it at one of his friends . |
| 4 | In practice , running a hose pipe all the way from the kitchen sink to ( say ) the bath hot tap ( to say nothing of the problem of connecting it at both ends ) may not be practicable and you should first try using the nearest cold tap in the same way . |
| 5 | I think that fee is excellent , if they 'd of kept it at that , I think most people could afford it . |
| 6 | In their view , two things were required to give Britain the prospect of security in the atomic era : first , the atomic bomb itself ; and second , the means of delivering it at strategic ranges . |
| 7 | It is worth describing it at such length so that readers who have not read Tolkien 's ‘ minor ’ works might develop some idea of Lewis 's importance as Tolkien 's ‘ onlie begetter ’ or ‘ miglior fabbro ’ , for there can be very little doubt that it was Lewis 's friendship and encouragement which led Tolkien to write the works which made his name with the public ; just as it was Tolkien 's friendship which released in Lewis wells of creativity which had remained ( though he was so naturally fluent ) mysteriously dry . |
| 8 | It was not a book that he had packed when leaving London : he had bought it a day or two earlier in Inverness , and to Boswell , years later , he gave , not unmemorably , his reasons for buying it at all : ‘ Why , Sir , if you are to have but one book with you upon a journey , let it be a book of science . |
| 9 | I may look into the cost , work involved and practicalities of doing it mainly electronically as well as whether it is worth starting it at this stage of the season . |
| 10 | And as Mary Douglas ( 1973 : 15 ) had pointed out , ‘ if we can not bring the argument back from tribal ethnography to ourselves , then there is little point in starting it at all ’ . |
| 11 | It was but er the market was so low that he decided not to well I do n't think he could get a buyer actually , it 's just stood there so he he he let it out rather than have it stood there with the option for us to buy it but I say now the prices are lower he 's not keen on selling it at that price . |
| 12 | In New York most beach pollution comes from overloaded storm drains , while in Europe , particularly in the southern countries , many cities discharge their sewage into the sea without treating it at all . |
| 13 | At 5.30 a.m. , the police constable appeared in uniform ready to resume duty , with a view to leaving it at 6 a.m . ’ |
| 14 | If you have produced a promotional video which includes footage of the children and staff at work and emphasises the strengths of the school then it would be well worth showing it at this meeting . |
| 15 | Not only had they sent a tactless cable but , seeing it was 2 am in England , decided to save money by sending it at reduced rates to be delivered when the MCC office opened at 9 am . |
| 16 | We can split domestic labour 50–50 , but I 'm the one who 's going to feel defined by doing it at all . |
| 17 | The next key question is whether such a strategic pricing policy will deter the rival from entering the market by offering it at most a zero NPV . |