Example sentences of "[subord] he [verb] it at " in BNC.
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| 1 | But although he aimed it at Nicholas , it fired into the air , for the boy knocked it sideways and held it . |
| 2 | Gary 's great strength was an ability to get to a ball first in the penalty area , but if he received it at his feet 30 yards from goal he was looking for help , to lay it off and get into the penalty area . |
| 3 | Not if he arranged it at the most awkward time of the year ? a little voice rejoined . |
| 4 | No , no the shop could use it then as a as a loss leader he could make say , a penny on it an ge so if he buys it at , you 're buying what , thirty five ? |
| 5 | If he moves it at all — the elbow , that is — it wo n't set properly , and he 'll be no good at football , ever . |
| 6 | He 's brought Goldilocks Ann , erm can he bring it home please because he reads it at night before he goes to bed . |
| 7 | He thought it gave him a rakish daring look , especially when he wore it at an angle with his loud checked jacket and green tie . |
| 8 | What would he do with Harry 's body when he found it at last , but toss it back again to go downstream as he willed it to go , and leave its poor slender bones scattered all along the banks of Severn without a name or a resting-place ? |
| 9 | ‘ Burdened ’ as he put it at his trial , ‘ with the intolerable knowledge of my own beastliness ! ’ |
| 10 | As he explained it at the briefings and again at his trial , three years later , ‘ The only people in the conflict in Nicaragua that are today buried beneath a cross are those that fight for the resistance . |
| 11 | She blew smoke serenely as he flicked it at the wall . |
| 12 | Strangely , it was a job that satisfied him , for he did it at his own pace and in his own way , and provided he did it well , which he did , then there was nobody to disturb him . |