Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [pers pn] at that " in BNC.
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1 | Clearly something does happen in higher education ; it is not enough to argue that it trains an elite and to leave it at that . |
2 | So — strictly speaking — it is not correct to say that it ‘ happened ’ in the seventeenth century and to leave it at that . |
3 | I spotted it and lost it at that last roundabout . |
4 | And we used to stand down and leave it at that . |
5 | But one can not just say that the tau neutrino is heavy and leave it at that . |
6 | ‘ Is n't it enough to look at the work I 've produced and leave it at that ? ’ |
7 | Some guy might walk past and say , ‘ Hey , you look nice today ’ , and leave it at that . |
8 | If you are not sure of the answers , say so , and leave it at that . |
9 | Some find it simpler to say that Jesus was human and leave it at that . |
10 | Unlike Sam , or even me for that matter , he could admire a girl from afar , and leave it at that . |
11 | You could take their word for it and leave it at that . |
12 | Do n't just look at it and think to yourself ‘ That 's a jug ’ and leave it at that . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | and leave it at that . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | Let's just say it seems a bit questionable and leave it at that . ’ |
18 | Call me old-fashioned , but I think a lot of American actors just do a sort of swagger and leave it at that . |
19 | Did he write col basso in the score and leave it at that ? |
20 | But we can simply say ‘ hello ’ , and leave it at that . ’ |
21 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
22 | 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 . |
23 | Well , well that 's what I said , but she says can I not just alter it and leave it at that ? |
24 | Many must have signed and left it at that . |
25 | Later Lisa was to wonder at the power of the sensations that swept in on her and possessed her at that moment . |
26 | Another reason to be wary of explaining linguistic differences as products of gender roles , and leaving it at that , is that such a proceeding just encourages stereotyping . |
27 | In general , people not actually involved in it saw the Council as the beginning of a new ecclesial era rather than a way of concluding some long-standing issues and leaving it at that , yet the Council 's documents remain for nearly all Catholics the most authoritative Church teaching of this century , beside which even papal encyclicals have comparatively slight standing . |
28 | If she 'd been more of a woman , he believed , she would have meekly accepted his word and left it at that . |
29 | He said a few kind but ambiguous words about the pieces enclosed being ‘ eminently suitable for the audience they were aimed at ’ and left it at that . |
30 | His mother told him she made things to sell and left it at that . |