Example sentences of "at it a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of these whipped back at him and as he caught at it a thorn drove into the fleshy pad of his finger . |
| 2 | He stared at it a while , feeling hollow , emptied of all feeling , then looked away sharply , bitter with himself . |
| 3 | So what I was wondering was er the scheme is in it 's infancy this and I 'm all in the favour of the decentralising in principle , but I think we ought to perhaps look at it a bit closer , and I would suggest that we have an up-to-date report at the next meeting of this committee so we can compare it over a longer term so , as that we might then reflect on a if we 're doing the right thing or not . |
| 4 | Erm if you do , we 'll have a look at it a bit more . |
| 5 | That 's why I was n't going to hand this out right at the beginning , because I wanted to make you work at it a bit more , er , then you can , when you 've got those two versions written underneath . |
| 6 | He stared at it a moment , then handed it across to Karr . |
| 7 | He stared at it a moment , then looked up at her . |
| 8 | ‘ But that window over there — I thought I heard a noise at it a moment ago … ’ |
| 9 | You realise they 've all been at it a lot longer than I have . |