Example sentences of "it [vb past] [adv] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Something in his demeanour made a tremulous question form in Katherine 's mind , but it fluttered away at the distinctive sound of Violette 's infectious laugh . |
| 2 | It stopped abruptly at the edge of the roof , straining to balance its top-heavy body on slender back legs and egg-cup hooves . |
| 3 | One might think that this unpredictability would n't matter too much if it occurred only at the big bang ; after all , that was ten or twenty billion years ago . |
| 4 | What 's more , he had also learned that he must ignore the first playing of the tune , and wait 15 minutes until it played again at the end of the programme — the dog would look up quizzically at the sound of the familiar music but stay still , apparently too smart to respond to an obvious false alarm . |
| 5 | ‘ It came just at the time Michael 's voice was breaking and Britten wanted him in that part , so he rewrote it as a young tenor . |
| 6 | Milwall have the lead that 's the important thing here it came over at the far side of the penalty area , had got up for it Ray and the Kennedy there was also a Middlesbrough foot in there . |
| 7 | ‘ It seemed so at the time to myself , ’ admitted Edward ruefully . |
| 8 | It happened just at the time when the Tuscan peasants were abandoning their land to go and work in the factories . |
| 9 | In addition , the strategic-line concept presupposed the availability of the Syrian line with which it linked up at the K3 pump station . |
| 10 | She was silent a moment , thinking of Oreste and her journey to England and the future of her family and how it rested largely at the moment on Mr Landor 's £30 a year . |
| 11 | Below the rear central lamp , which shone into the interior , is the curved transverse tambour ; once erroneously thought to have been a sword-case , it opened only at the left hand end , outside the carriage , and its true purpose is obscure . |
| 12 | It was high-necked and had long tight sleeves and a straight line to the floor , where it flared out at the back into a huge swirling fishtail train . |
| 13 | It turned right at the next street . |
| 14 | It turned in at the gate and came chuntering up the track to pull up beside them . |
| 15 | The cloth on the table was so stiffly starched that it stuck out at the corners . |
| 16 | It was bliss to feel some of the tension ease out of her , but it returned abruptly at the sharp sound of a breaking twig . |
| 17 | It broke out at The Railway in Stert Street in Abingdon . |
| 18 | A computerised machine was implanted in his chest last November but Mrs Priestley said it packed up at the end of last month and he was taken into hospital . |
| 19 | It would oscillate through the earth and back , until eventually it settled down at the center . |
| 20 | At Fenella 's side , Caspar said softly , ‘ They are unable to stand , poor things , ’ and Fenella felt the pity of it hit hard at the base of her throat . |
| 21 | The tram whined and sparked as it pulled up at the fare stage near the Dennistoun Palais and Whitehill Street . |
| 22 | It started finally at the third attempt , and Sabine was almost weeping as she threw it at the hill . |
| 23 | It worked out at the 10s 0d a week 7pension . |
| 24 | Corbett settled his horse as it fidgeted nervously at the rustling of some animal in the undergrowth at the side of the track . |
| 25 | It looked afresh at the elements in the established balance between the CNAA and its institutions , retaining standards at the centre of debate , defining a continuing role for the CNAA , justifying and describing the process towards greater institutional autonomy , conceding the need to take account of different stages of development , and looking towards possible implications for the whole of higher education . |
| 26 | And the suggestion to this Committee was that it looked , that it looked further at the five hundred thousand pounds guideline that 's been set to address the apparent shortfall on community care funding , and also that you should look at further service reductions and their implications erm , of reductions of a further two hundred and fifty thousand , and those are again picked up later in the paper . |
| 27 | Because the thing he produced eventually , it fell over at the end of the day |
| 28 | It fell further at the end of the month to US$1.00=309 roubles . |
| 29 | Bit of a coincidence there , it went off at the same time as this ha as the tape stopped |
| 30 | It was too big a puzzle and she let it go although it gnawed away at the back of her mind . |