Example sentences of "he [vb past] it at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time he sold it at auction ( Sotheby 's , New York , May 1989 ) it had given him a real net annual rate of return of just under 20 per cent , after allowing for commission , insurance and inflation . |
| 2 | He directed it at Mr Brown , calling him childish and accusing him of launching the sleaziest-ever attacks in US politics . |
| 3 | This summer he displayed it at air shows around the UK and in France and went to Malaga in it . |
| 4 | Horse and Jockey AC match secretary Mick Dryers had an unusual Sunday morning — he spent it at home for the first time in two years . |
| 5 | Cleverly he arranged it at night when there were no cars parked in Clifton Street , otherwise the swing of the 50-feet car would surely have reached them ! |
| 6 | He placed it at Robbie 's feet and sat , head on one side , as if saying , ‘ Well now , what about that ? ’ |
| 7 | He waved it at Maisie in a threatening manner . |
| 8 | He whirled it at shoulder level . |
| 9 | But although he aimed it at Nicholas , it fired into the air , for the boy knocked it sideways and held it . |
| 10 | Carr was 38 when he did it at Portrush in 1960 , so why not the ageless McEvoy ? |
| 11 | But whatever it was , he did it at a ) each step along life 's highway and b ) not in a shy way … ’ |
| 12 | ‘ He did it at Kettering , at Cambridge and West Brom before he ever got to Manchester United . |
| 13 | and he proved it at London 's York Hall when he went and won the Commonwealth Flyweight Title … |