Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] it at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a fond mum sends you back after a weekend at home with your favourite fruit cake , do you keep it in a tin under the bed and eat it secretly , or demolish it at one swoop by sharing it with others ? |
| 2 | But as the new realists and the Christian revivalists equally understood , mankind needs its shared experience of reality ; and conversation apart , it is doubtful if anything but fiction can do it as well , or do it at all . |
| 3 | Giotto will fly to Halley 's comet in 1986 , and photograph it at close quarters . |
| 4 | He was concerned that preachers of the Word should also take it into homes and minister it at closer quarters . |
| 5 | You can purchase your first FREEDOM TICKET and renew it at any Post Office in Oxford or at The Broadway , Banbury Road or Mill Street offices in Kidlington itself . |
| 6 | And even if you 're parking it in your driveway or close to your home , lock and secure it at all times . |
| 7 | But one can not just say that the tau neutrino is heavy and leave it at that . |
| 8 | ‘ Is n't it enough to look at the work I 've produced and leave it at that ? ’ |
| 9 | Some guy might walk past and say , ‘ Hey , you look nice today ’ , and leave it at that . |
| 10 | If you are not sure of the answers , say so , and leave it at that . |
| 11 | Some find it simpler to say that Jesus was human and leave it at that . |
| 12 | Unlike Sam , or even me for that matter , he could admire a girl from afar , and leave it at that . |
| 13 | You could take their word for it and leave it at that . |
| 14 | Do n't just look at it and think to yourself ‘ That 's a jug ’ and leave it at that . |
| 15 | I 'd rather not talk to the guests much beforehand simply because I find it works better just to say hello , and thanks for coming , and leave it at that . |
| 16 | Anyway , Michael said that if he had one he 'd settle for peeling off the Carlsson stickers and the other red flashes down the sides and leave it at that . |
| 17 | and leave it at that . |
| 18 | When you 're a child they say , ‘ You know you should n't do that ’ , and they give you a bloody good rollicking and leave it at that — they try to terrify you . |
| 19 | Let's just say it seems a bit questionable and leave it at that . ’ |
| 20 | Call me old-fashioned , but I think a lot of American actors just do a sort of swagger and leave it at that . |
| 21 | Did he write col basso in the score and leave it at that ? |
| 22 | But we can simply say ‘ hello ’ , and leave it at that . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't want to pry into your affairs , but you did ring me and you ca n't just say you 're going away and leave it at that . ’ |
| 24 | This suggestion , that stylistics should characterize comparatively the language or style of texts and leave it at that , would seem to constitute a sort of minimal claim for the relevance of linguistics to the study of literature . |
| 25 | Well , well that 's what I said , but she says can I not just alter it and leave it at that ? |
| 26 | Buy a bottle at five to two and leave it at two o'clock . |
| 27 | You can then pull the headboard out and rest it at any angle on the mattress for reading , watching TV or enjoying breakfast in comfort . |
| 28 | For the product to be viable this line must have a steeper slope than the total cost line and intersect it at some point . |
| 29 | Do n't shout too hard for money , but leave it at that . |