Example sentences of "[verb] be at it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he did n't understand something , he was reluctant to stand up and ask , instead he 'd worry it out himself , sometimes I reckoned he 'd been at it all night . |
| 2 | And this man he was a regular dustbin , dustbin man and he 'd been at it all his life and he used to play cards with us and his family , his sons , and , and as many else as got any money to play pontoon or brag . |
| 3 | The radio was on , whatever it was that shrieked was at it full-blast , and from somewhere upstairs came music that sounded as if it proceeded from a violin . |
| 4 | ‘ Sorry , but I 've been at it all day . ’ |
| 5 | They can never win — they have been at it 23 years . |
| 6 | She 's been at it all afternoon . ’ |