Example sentences of "at it [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not fair to say the City will only look at it six months at a time . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I remember pointing at it one day and he said , ‘ Well you have n't got one at all , yours is broken . ' ’ |
| 3 | As I 've said before , falconry has always fascinated me , and I hope I 'm going to be able to make my living at it one day . |
| 4 | And you can look at it one way , and say , oh I 've got , I 've got two rows here with six in , and space them out a bit so , or give him that so he 's got sort of , two rows with six in , and you say , oh from where you 're looking at it , it 's six rows with two in . |
| 5 | if you look at it one way are subsidising the very rich |
| 6 | Well yeah I I 've I 've whether he well I mean if , if he 's gon na do this seven page thing then I you know I you can look at it two ways . |
| 7 | But field staff fear that this might not be appreciated in head-quarters where senior officials might be unfamiliar with their routine strategies : ‘ One can say that because you have n't taken any stats in the last two years it 's because you 're a good lad , and people who you may have to take stats upon know that you 're around a lot , and they know that if they 're naughty it 's a two-edged thing , you can look at it two ways . ’ |
| 8 | They can never win — they have been at it 23 years . |
| 9 | She said she ‘ hollered ’ at it three times not to pull her in the water . |
| 10 | He fires at it three times to try and open it , but without success . |
| 11 | The new Emperor called for lights , examined the face , then thrust at it three times with a sword . |
| 12 | You know , I mean but this teacher wo n't stand no nonsense and I said to Lee y you were at it three years before you could speak like Carla speaks it ! |
| 13 | Been at it three week now , so |