Example sentences of "and [verb] it at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And seeing it at night … ’ |
| 2 | Edwards acquired the famous Maffeo Pinelli collection of early printed books from Venice and sold it at auction in 1789 and 1790 . |
| 3 | ( 1 ) Find an anthology of poetry , and open it at page 50 ; take the first poem on that page ( all of it , including any part before or after page 50 ) , and answer the eight questions on p. 52 , section 3.1 . |
| 4 | A strange freedom , though ; one a barrage balloon would know if someone severed its cable and set it at liberty to wallow and wander at will . |
| 5 | Dulé took the centre of the ring , a finger drum began to pitter-pat , a pair of flutes at different pitches to call and coo ; at the click of a rattle Dulé lifted the ten-foot ladder into a vertical position and balanced it at arm 's length ; facing it , he dropped his head as if to a partner in a dance , placed one foot on the bottom rung and made a feint at climbing , the ladder pitched away from him and he let it fall , to rising laughter from the audience around him . |
| 6 | erm They do n't like them to buy copies of the school reading scheme and keep it at home and go through it book by book , that they feel is encroaching on their professionalism . |
| 7 | You should n't be lifting it up and putting it at back of your head ! |
| 8 | you might as well buy it and leave it at home . |
| 9 | He took the gun out of his pocket and held it at waist-level . |
| 10 | The man brought out a photograph and held it at arm 's length , walking toward them . |
| 11 | ( a ) An operation of the data manipulation Unit is called for ; for example , transfer the numeric value held at store address X to the data manipulation Unit , and add it to the value in the accumulator , or transfer the value in the accumulator to the store and deposit it at address X. |