Example sentences of "it [adv] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Codron tried to get it on at the Royal Court — on the face of things , an ideal setting-but it was turned down there , too . |
| 2 | I remember that she asked me to guess what was inside a sort of pasty served to her on Thásos , and that I got it right at the first guess : macaroni . |
| 3 | I 've got it I 've got it at home I can bring it in at the next meeting or whatever . |
| 4 | ‘ If you 'll wash the lettuce I 'll make my special dressing and we could pick some wild sorrel and chop it in at the last minute . ’ |
| 5 | Although the formwork was quite heavy , we pegged it down at the four corners as a precaution . |
| 6 | Self-delusion could easily once again cloud the judgment of the shadow cabinet and Labour could go it alone at the next election , perhaps with the same misplaced confidence in a ‘ safety first ’ stance that will deliver success if the dangers inherent in new initiatives are avoided and new ideas anathemised . |
| 7 | Whisper it not at the British Heart Foundation , but we knew that , as well as the salt , into that dinner had gone a dozen eggs , a couple of pints of cream , half a pound of butter , a quarter-pound of sugar and about half a pint of Calvados . |
| 8 | But I have a feeling it might be easier to mull it over at the next meeting . |
| 9 | The phone on the wall close to her rang and she picked it up at the second ring . |
| 10 | We also asked if we could get the same consultation period because they are breaking it up at the four sites and some sites will get thirty days ' notice others will get the ninety days . |
| 11 | I hope , and I shall be bringing it up at the next police committee , that we will commit ourselves to that initiative will a view to bringing in those two pilot schemes in the county and extending it at a later date . |
| 12 | He says well I , we were on about sort of and he says bring it up at the next meeting , I says |
| 13 | She picked it up at the third ring . |
| 14 | Yes yes if members had any complaints about their work I would report it up at the head office and up up at the the branch office in Park . |
| 15 | We agreed to set it up at the last meeting . |
| 16 | He opened it up at the last minute , came flying over and it was a terrific shot . |
| 17 | When they reached the prison , at Riom , and an official tried to argue that they had no authority to remove the canisters , Jacques Allier took out a pistol and levelled it wordlessly at the bureaucratic face . |
| 18 | Sabine pinned on a polite smile , and aimed it straight at the oncoming vehicle 's windscreen . |
| 19 | He said it straight at the senior officer , who looked for a moment as if someone had cracked a whip in his face . |
| 20 | Overall the computational complexity of the system rules it out at the present time for application to the recognition task . |
| 21 | Another affronted retort rose to her lips , but bewildered honesty forced Isabel to choke it back at the last moment . |
| 22 | Chesarynth gripped it convulsively at the strange sight of people milling around . |
| 23 | They have fired this interest by spending £44m on the issue , aiming it primarily at the retail investor when one might expect an issue of this sort to be more suitable for institutions . |
| 24 | I would have liked to have heard it again at the second service but Dad made us hurry home . |
| 25 | It still ran away from him but he grabbed it again at the second attempt before it went over the line and the chance had gone . |