Example sentences of "not [verb] at it [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | you 're not looking at it in the same way at all . |
2 | Sometimes the pitfalls in not looking at it from all these angles become painfully clear . |
3 | I appreciate that one must approach the matter with considerable caution , and that we can not go at it in a bull-at-a-gate fashion . |
4 | Of course , Freud , to whom we owe this discovery , did not arrive at it by way of evolutionary theory ; on the contrary , he reached his conclusions by direct observation of adults and children and by a study of the psychology of human sexuality . |
5 | ‘ I had n't looked at it like that . |
6 | I do n't see why Mr. Morris should n't stick at it for a week or two . ’ |
7 | M. B. On Dock Duty , you 'd stand all night and not see a soul and the Liver Building up there with the clock gradually going round and you 'd think : ‘ I wo n't look at it , I wo n't look at it at all . ’ |
8 | When you 've finished writing , put it away for two or three days : leave it , do n't look at it for a while . |
9 | It i do n't look at it as school |
10 | Yeah , well you do n't look at it like that |
11 | Now , you can see that coin down there , if you look carefully , you can see it you ca n't get it , you know where it is , it has n't gone through a hole into the centre of the earth it has n't , sort of , disappeared into outer space , you know exactly where it is , the chances are you could pin point it within a few inches of where i , even if you ca n't see it you know where it is , but you ca n't get at it to you , it 's lost you know it 's geographic location , you know when it went there , you know everything about it , you only thing is you ca n't get at it ! |