Example sentences of "[that] it [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The surviving corner showed that it had at some stage been thickened to 7½ft or possibly , as the plan suggests , extended to form a buttress or column base . |
| 2 | One is to telephone , or write to her beforehand , saying that things have been so hectic at your end recently that it seemed at one point that you might have to postpone your visit for a week or two , but that you are so keen to see her that you are absolutely determined to ‘ make it ’ somehow , even if it has to be just a ‘ flying visit ’ . |
| 3 | The amazing thing about this second ‘ Carry On ’ was not so much that it succeeded at all , but that it outgrossed the first in the series . |
| 4 | Still hammering away , the Institute has the satisfaction of knowing that it has at last brought home to the Ministry of Health , within whose purview this question comes , that things are not what they ought to be , and Dr Eichholz , who has just retired from the Chief Inspectorate of Special Schools , is at its request making a special enquiry . |
| 5 | In fact , the Report makes clear that it aims at much more . |
| 6 | The only interesting thing about it is that it happened at all . |
| 7 | That it happened at all was historic . |
| 8 | Where did you get the impression that it started at seven ? |