Example sentences of "at it [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.

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1 But these that do it they must be bloody experienced at it they could do it so quick as they was doing it .
2 He says although it is a small haul if they keep going at it they will get results .
3 Whichever way we look at it we can disregard with clear conscience both the radial electric field and the magnetic field .
4 I suggest you have someone take a look at it who can tell you the exact problem and not speculate as to probable causes and costs .
5 He got so good at it he could actually produce a thought-bubble !
6 It 's ages since we played this game , I 'd forgotten how clever at it he can be particularly when you 're not !
7 Of course you really should n't use such a dangerous structure , and if Ted Piggott spotted you at it he 'd doubtless give you a row .
8 — though to look at it you would n't know ;
9 If you half-closed your eyes and looked at it you might have likened it to a string of coloured beads .
10 Well er , yeah well it is , but I think cos one , you 've got to look at , oh a bit of a design as well a while you 're at it you might as well just get one or two bits
11 Right , the arch braces of course had to be put in because they were if you look at it you 'll see that they were actually sawn off .
12 The spines become fully extended and if you confuse a hedgehog with a rabbit and make a hasty grab at it you will have cause for regret .
13 If you look back at it you will see what a transformation has already taken place .
14 I never saw that it was quite in balance , but you know you just , it 's a case , if somebody else does n't do something and you ca n't stand looking at it you will get on and do it ,
15 She said , ‘ That is a mirror and if you look at it you can see yourself . ’
16 If you look at it you can see it 's very , very comprehensive .
17 It 's your job — though if you balk at it I 'll do it . ’
18 Designing clothes for Carnega was all very well and I made a good living at it I wo n't deny but I wanted to be free to do my own thing — and to have my own name on the labels .
19 All I do know is that we 're very conscious a great deal of money 's been spent by the Council and by the Trust to try and make the place outside more inviting those tubs been put there er they been planted etc there 's a lot of litter there we 've put litter bins there there 's taxi rank there there 's lot 's of things been put there I think the problem is it is n't the people who do that I mean it 's the people who actually do the litter and it 's quite clear that we do go out we do tidy up but it happens and it 's a case of balance of what we can do and what you ca n't do but we do work at it I can assure you .
20 Yes , she 's very disheartening the way she picks at it I should think .
21 Well it would have to be I wou looking at it it would be between two would n't it really ?
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