Example sentences of "it [modal v] [verb] [pers pn] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where the livestock has been rightfully detained for not less than 14 days , the person detaining it may sell it at a market or by public auction , unless proceedings are then pending for the return of the livestock or for any claim for damages done by it or expenses incurred in detaining it . |
| 2 | It must take him at least half an hour to get to the point of the flash and back to his own bank , even if it turned out to be a wild goose chase and he was able to return immediately . |
| 3 | If reserved for his personal use , it might put him at a certain advantage over his employer . |
| 4 | No , it 'll cost us at the , the buying price was fifty one . |
| 5 | William says both his parents were riding enthusiasts and he got put on a horse at the age of three … his mother used to ride for Britian in the sixties and she 's encouraged him to compete … it used to terrify him at first and he never dreamt he 'd be good enough to compete … |
| 6 | He gives me £54 a month and I have to pay all the bills out of that It used to bother me at first , it does n't now . |
| 7 | that 's just how Margaret , she 's just that way , it used to hurt me at one time , but I , I do n't hurt easily |
| 8 | He feels it would put him at a disadvantage . |
| 9 | It would put her at even more of a disadvantage than she already was . |
| 10 | Even if he managed to get to a horse , he had a nasty suspicion that it would follow him at its own pace . |
| 11 | Going to South America , it would take you at least thirty-six hours to get to Lima , for example , in some clapped-out old aircraft . |
| 12 | I 'm glad of it — for the confidence it will give me at home . |
| 13 | ‘ We need a medical box with other equipment in to take and it will cost us at least £1,000 in petrol to get to Albania . |
| 14 | Danie Visser took the opportunity of his selection to South Africa 's first Davis Cup team to be announced since 1978 , to protest that they have been placed in the bottom Group , so that it will take them at least three years to qualify for the World Group . |
| 15 | Perhaps the best way of describing it is that it will put you at peace with yourself — which is what is intended . |
| 16 | So you can imagine the sort of conversations we 're gon na have when Ray and Cynthia are talking about the distances between things and I 'm going to be saying you know if I want to go from Piccadilly to Tech house , it can take me at least half an hour . |