Example sentences of "[vb past] it [adv] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We happened to pass a woman pushing a pram , who for some reason produced a torch , no doubt in order to locate something , and directed it straight at the baby 's face . |
| 2 | Corbett crumpled the parchment into a ball and threw it angrily at the wall . |
| 3 | He picked up the book he was reading , and threw it violently at the rat . |
| 4 | Richard Cohen , who commissioned the book , said : ‘ I was very glad the judge threw it out at the very first stage . |
| 5 | He threw it hard at the Dodger , but missed and hit Charley Bates , who started to shout with fear . |
| 6 | That 's how it seems in memory ; and we each apprehended it subcutaneously at the time , il me semble . |
| 7 | You know they joined it right at the beginning , they , they 're the ones where the momentum 's come from erm they 're the ones asking the rich peasants to join them , the middle peasants and they 're the ones leading the revolution , th they are the riff-raff if you , you know , want to take one view erm they have n't got anything to lose because of their position er er er er as erm a rich peasant may say , you know , what is there to keep me from joining yo you people have neither tile over your heads nor speck of land under your feet , and it 's true they have got nothing to lose but these are the ones that are pushing the ideas forward and forming the associations . |
| 8 | He opened it up at the last minute , came flying over and it was a terrific shot . |
| 9 | He had written something on a scrap of paper and folded it over at the bottom . |
| 10 | So no I think er we all stuck it together at the start , not really knowing where it was gon na lead us . |
| 11 | It still ran away from him but he grabbed it again at the second attempt before it went over the line and the chance had gone . |
| 12 | He was a small man and it looked as if his rifle was much too heavy for him as he waved it threateningly at the crowd inside the camp . |
| 13 | She slid her arms into her silk robe and tied it loosely at the waist . |
| 14 | When I did that one for Ian , we just tied it in at the back did n't we ? |
| 15 | I think that , too , must have been part of an identity check , particularly as she repeated it again at the end . " |
| 16 | He then only needed a pitching-wedge and he hit it straight at the pin to about 18 feet or so . |
| 17 | At the 13th , a big sloping green , he studied my putt and said : ‘ Ah now , it 's a canny putt , son , but let me see … yes , hit it straight at the pin . ’ |
| 18 | In 1912 Walter Long accepted the phrase " the new style " and flung it back at the government : " The New Style consists in the cynical violation of the honourable traditions of public life . |
| 19 | Benny Polymer , the Titford manager , made it plain at the start of the season that promotion was his goal . |
| 20 | Although the formwork was quite heavy , we pegged it down at the four corners as a precaution . |
| 21 | I remember that she asked me to guess what was inside a sort of pasty served to her on Thásos , and that I got it right at the first guess : macaroni . |
| 22 | When they reached the prison , at Riom , and an official tried to argue that they had no authority to remove the canisters , Jacques Allier took out a pistol and levelled it wordlessly at the bureaucratic face . |
| 23 | No you just marked it down and cleared it up at the end of the year . |
| 24 | When I went to what was in effect not merely the memorial of the fifty aft after fifty two years of the people , but of course really the funeral service of the pit and when I went to that here was the chance to dedicate that also , we did it actually at the Memorial Garden where all the pit people are buried and that is right you see , picking up out of the past not sticking in the past , and arranging it as you might say as in that banner to move on into the future . |
| 25 | Sabine pinned on a polite smile , and aimed it straight at the oncoming vehicle 's windscreen . |
| 26 | As Bernice watched , horrified , Bishop produced a large handgun from beneath his robes and aimed it squarely at the Doctor 's head . |
| 27 | Jack had it away at the time . |
| 28 | He said it straight at the senior officer , who looked for a moment as if someone had cracked a whip in his face . |
| 29 | Well I promise I wo n't keep them more than that , but this coming from a party that 's brought about that , and then being critical of others and the lack of intent , I think the he said it right at the beginning we have a very good education system , and I 'm saying we 've got one despite this Government . |
| 30 | ‘ We suggested it right at the beginning , before it all grew so big . |