Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] it at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I broke off a piece of wood or whatever it is from a tree , if that 's a tree , and flung it at one of the huge pancake things like giant water-lily leaves that floated on the surface of the water . |
| 2 | He picked it up and opened it at random . |
| 3 | Kim picked the book up and opened it at random , then handed it back to Hammond . |
| 4 | It was one of those cosmic accidents which are no accident , that the next day , when she called in at a bookshop to look for some more Morris titles , she should find on the same shelf the total output of Professor M. L. Vaughan ; and among the rest his : Aurae Phiala : A Pleasure City of the Second Century A.D. She took it down and opened it at random , and the prose caught her by its incandescent fervour . |
| 5 | Daly started his first round at 1pm , and finished it at 7.30 the previous evening . |
| 6 | I spotted it and lost it at that last roundabout . |
| 7 | If she 'd been more of a woman , he believed , she would have meekly accepted his word and left it at that . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | His mother told him she made things to sell and left it at that . |
| 10 | ‘ Frankfurt , ’ Newman said , and left it at that . |
| 11 | ‘ You 'll find out , ’ he laughed , and left it at that as Kitty , his wife , arrived with the tea . |
| 12 | I told Kidsons that I did n't think it was right that I should seek re-election , which was coming up on 30 April , and left it at that . ’ |
| 13 | It was all she had left now , so she had thanked her sister and left it at that . |
| 14 | For example , in his Outlines of Psychology , Wilhelm Wundt said that the local sign was ‘ probably due to the character of the structure of the skin' , and left it at that . |
| 15 | As he dumped his case in the pleasant bedroom , lifted the lid and left it at that , he reflected . |
| 16 | Ed just muttered ‘ Brian who ? ’ and left it at that . ’ |
| 17 | I loosely tossed a swirl of Moroccan curtain over the sofa , slid Act 3 of Orfeo onto the revolving mat , lit an Al Akhbar joss-stick , and left it at that . |
| 18 | It put the wind up me , to tell you the truth , so I 've just brought Hawkbit along and left it at that . " |
| 19 | ‘ For what we are about to receive , ’ said Uncle Philip and left it at that . |
| 20 | I had said to a promising-looking man behind a counter , but it seems I should have said ‘ Cup of tea ’ and left it at that , for he put his hands on his hips and shouted , ‘ What 's stopping you ? ’ |
| 21 | She could have said , Any day now , and left it at that . |
| 22 | Each time he had given a little shrug , as though to say , ‘ We 'll see ’ , and left it at that . |
| 23 | Lucy reckoned that it was just some middle-aged woman 's thing , and left it at that . |
| 24 | But he had simply nodded , ‘ Good , ’ and left it at that . |
| 25 | Indeed , Hamilton suggested crisply that they had got it wrong and left it at that . |
| 26 | ‘ Do n't forget to bring me some poteen , ’ I said and left it at that . |
| 27 | Accepting her decision without question , Michele nodded and left it at that , then , taking her elbow , he began to lead her back the way they 'd come . |
| 28 | But as more unwanted probings prodded , she was set to seriously wonder if indeed it was good enough to have called at Vendelin Gajdusek 's home and left it at that . |
| 29 | And left it at that ! |