Example sentences of "it at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says that he shot it down , after chasing it at low level . |
| 2 | This slows down the towplane , leaving it at low speed below the glider and having its tail pulled up out of control . |
| 3 | Not only does the battered town seem to have been on the receiving end of a good deal of good , honest , no-nonsense coppering , but it gives the impression that a higher authority , God , must have passed over it in the Fifties , blasting it at close range with His celestial hair-drier , to judge from the universally blistered and leprous paintwork on all the buildings . |
| 4 | Er the erm the environmental health check I think he did discuss it at fantastic length , the question of our public lavatories an an and the savings that can be made and the judgement it came to in the end was a , was a very one I think on the outlook against of what you can reasonably do , erm nevertheless I do gather that erm erm it is no longer necessary under standing orders , for erm amendments to the budget to be self financing because you can move amendments to simply increase the budget and er the amendment that I reserve I suppose , it 's not very much . |
| 5 | Use it at 1 ounce ( 28g ) to the gallon ( 4.5 litres ) per square yard ( square metre ) or 5–6 yards ( 5–6 metres ) row run . |
| 6 | Then he gallops towards it at terrific speed . |
| 7 | She unfolded the page of blue paper and focused on the letter instead , hardly understanding it at first reading . |
| 8 | A more fundamental difficulty with the new examination is contained in the very principle that made it at first sight so attractive — its applicability to the full ability range . |
| 9 | Every schoolchild the world over knows the profile of the Taj , and in so far as Safdarjung 's tomb is different , it at first sight looks wrong : its lines look somehow faulty , naggingly incorrect . |
| 10 | She had seen it at first hand , treated children who were victims . |
| 11 | While the pop princess ' disappointment at finding a wedding ring firmly on his finger seemed real enough to viewers ( and is confirmed by those who witnessed it at first hand ) , Banderas likes to believe it was all an act for the cameras . |
| 12 | The systematic putting together of parts to a purposeful design is something we know and understand , for we have experienced it at first hand , even if only with our childhood Meccano or Erector set . |
| 13 | It is worth describing it at such length so that readers who have not read Tolkien 's ‘ minor ’ works might develop some idea of Lewis 's importance as Tolkien 's ‘ onlie begetter ’ or ‘ miglior fabbro ’ , for there can be very little doubt that it was Lewis 's friendship and encouragement which led Tolkien to write the works which made his name with the public ; just as it was Tolkien 's friendship which released in Lewis wells of creativity which had remained ( though he was so naturally fluent ) mysteriously dry . |
| 14 | Lancashire men like women with a bit of fight in them , especially when they direct it at each other . |
| 15 | Gassendi adopted it enthusiastically and argued for it at great length . |
| 16 | What was the object , I know we discussed it at great length , but what was the object of it going that way in the first place ? |
| 17 | I 've seen it at closed hand . |
| 18 | Most infants ( 92% ) excreting cotinine at three weeks were excreting it also at one year ; moreover , 61% of infants not excreting cotinine at three months were excreting it at one year . |
| 19 | She drank it at one gulp . |
| 20 | If a fond mum sends you back after a weekend at home with your favourite fruit cake , do you keep it in a tin under the bed and eat it secretly , or demolish it at one swoop by sharing it with others ? |
| 21 | Even from her high perch , Ace could n't see all of it at one glance . |
| 22 | But if you get a copy , save it for when you can read it at one sitting . |
| 23 | I read it at one sitting , and it scared me stupid . |
| 24 | ‘ Fish Street , ’ says Esme , ‘ did have 19 fish shops in it at one time . |
| 25 | However , as the table has to be moved out of the way whenever the patient gets up , it should not be too heavy , or have too many items on it at one time . |
| 26 | I thought I would never believe it at one time , but I now accept , along with every other carp angler , that carp can differentiate — given time — between a bait that is no more than a tasty morsel of carbohydrate and one that consists mainly of ingredients with a high nutritive value |
| 27 | Whilst a through understanding of AI is not required they should have a little background since all are likely to meet it at one time or another . |
| 28 | He used to mention it at one time , but only to me , never to Gillian . |
| 29 | The picture of settlement development in the landscape , then , is a dynamic picture of great complexity , great age and constant change , but we only see it at one time . |
| 30 | I do n't know it was TI was n't it at one time . |