Example sentences of "at it [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | As they approached the house , she looked up at it without much interest . |
2 | I mean has there been any , because there may be some argument in having a quick go at it at public protection , and hearing from the new department what they 'd like their chief officer to be called . |
3 | Perhaps because I was unaware of the enormity of the task I had been set , I went at it with tremendous dash and verve , and together with my two colleagues , nominated from other parts of the company , visited no less than twenty companies in eight countries in three weeks . |
4 | Deaconess Tilley glanced at it with simulated interest . |
5 | The papingo , measuring 8 inches from wingtip to wingtip , is still fixed to the end of a pole extending outwards from the top of the Abbey clock tower , and the archers must shoot vertically at it with one foot on the bottom step of the tower . |
6 | She held the envelope to the light , squinting at it with one eye while she tried to read the first paragraph . |
7 | While I was in these fine showrooms I saw exquisite pieces of antique furniture , old silver , paintings , porcelain , figures , antique clocks , masses of objets d'art , and the most fabulous coral and white Meissen porcelain dinner service — I just stood and gazed at it with sheer enjoyment ! |
8 | Then they went at it with redoubled glee . |
9 | But Tod looked at it with real feeling , with the dull heat of-I do n't know thwarted love . |
10 | In contrast , the D-32 's tighter , more introverted qualities mean that you can thrash away at it with complete abandon and still get a smooth , rich , controlled and , it has to be said , very Martin-esque result . |
11 | She looked at it with considerable disbelief , picked up the bucket by its rim with her teeth , and tossed it aside : seven seconds ! |
12 | When the telephone rang , Crosland leapt at it with unconcealed anxiety . |
13 | In the street a man was beating a pie-dog with a heavy stick , lashing at it with mindless energy as the animal cowered back helplessly against a mound of rubbish . |
14 | He looked at it with intense concentration for a few moments , then left the room . |
15 | You know and to talk about many other , while they were at it with this questionnaire , they tackled many other subjects as well you know . |
16 | The 6 A.M. Glasgow to Garvie train approached platform 8 gently , apologetically almost , then came to a stop with a squealing of brakes and a hiss of escaping steam , and they looked at it with wide-eyed wonder . |
17 | He thought it was impossible , but worked at it with eager ambition . |
18 | It was so faint that he had to look at it for some time before he could make any sense of it . |
19 | And if we look at it from that standpoint I think we can begin to see , perhaps , that actually we 're all programmers , some of us less clear about it than others . |
20 | I think w w what I 'd urge the panel to consider is is perhaps looking at it from that perspective , to encourage the County Council to review the phasing provision of policy H one erm in terms of er how the the committed land is going to be released for development . |
21 | To look at it from that point of view . |
22 | And er looking at it from that light it was er obviously a better proposition . |
23 | The problem , the problem with Germany is , as you say , they 're flooding the market , they 've , they 've gone at it from one end only . |
24 | But if you look at it from this way four people standing there they 'll get three each . |
25 | At the 17th , a switchback of a green , he said : ‘ Let me look at it from this side . |
26 | Folly turned the card over and over in her hands , as if by her looking at it from another direction the words might mysteriously transpose themselves into the expected apology . |
27 | exactly , yeah and we can do that with everything , we can do that with everything , this is my perception and that 's your perception of this thing that I 'm holding in my hand , everything that we 've seen have that ability you know , we 've got the ability to do that with everything , what we need to do sometimes is walk around the issue if you like and look at it from another perspective and , and this is what we 're doing with Ethiopia , now , erm , the good section again was looking at images and particularly the fact that a lot of images are very negative and throwing an alternative view , the second section we 're looking at news coverage which is very sketchy , erm , it does n't provide a complete picture at all , and this third section well you saw what that 's about there |
28 | ‘ The Beatles were a brilliant thing that happened , but if you look at it from another point of view , what a waste of time . ’ |
29 | I was tel I was telling you looking at it from another point of view last night of the What happens when you put electricity through a wire ? |
30 | He stared at it in frozen incomprehension . |