Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] [verb] it at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tom unbuttoned his overcoat , fished in the pocket of the dark suit which he scathingly referred to as his ‘ city uniform ’ for his identity card and flashed it at the uniformed security man . |
| 2 | Deliberately , he lifted the photograph and flung it at the fireplace . |
| 3 | The man brought out a photograph and held it at arm 's length , walking toward them . |
| 4 | Harry takes the matchstick out of his mouth and points it at Howard . |
| 5 | She drew in deeply and exhaled through her nose , then snapped the cigarette briskly from her mouth and pointed it at him with a flourish . |
| 6 | Celia had intended to get a sandwich and eat it at her desk . |
| 7 | And even if you 're parking it in your driveway or close to your home , lock and secure it at all times . |
| 8 | A dozen years ago , half ICI 's sales were in the UK , tying the company 's fortunes to Britain 's anaemic manufacturing industry and putting it at a colossal disadvantage to rivals in more robust economies ; last year , the proportion was down to 21% , against 31% in the Americas , 25% in continental Europe , 17% in the Asia-Pacific region and 6% elsewhere . |
| 9 | It is much better to have one review and to have it at the beginning of the Parliament , and that is exactly what we shall do . |
| 10 | In fury he scooped up the gelatinous mess and hurled it at Fairbrother , who kicked him in the balls . |
| 11 | On present thinking , it would be more logical to treat it as revision and to do it at the later stage . |
| 12 | ‘ Put that on , ’ he ordered , picking up her over-tunic and throwing it at her . |
| 13 | She has taken on the sophisticated royal machine and beaten it at its own game . |
| 14 | The Capitulary of Thionville in 805 , for instance , forbids usury , the kind of usury which involved buying cheap corn in quantity and selling it at excessive profit in times of scarcity . |
| 15 | He picked up his hunting spear and cast it at Morkar , the Chaos general . |
| 16 | But as more unwanted probings prodded , she was set to seriously wonder if indeed it was good enough to have called at Vendelin Gajdusek 's home and left it at that . |
| 17 | Farouk capped his pen and pointed it at her . |
| 18 | She picked up a Biro off his desk and levelled it at him . |
| 19 | Dunlop rode the Honda which Gawley has had all year and the plan was for Gawley to take over the bike and ride it at Donington . |
| 20 | And now she did what she had promised herself she would do , and lifted her foot and aimed it at the nun 's shin . |
| 21 | Clearly something does happen in higher education ; it is not enough to argue that it trains an elite and to leave it at that . |
| 22 | The real Susan Bishopric raised her deserved award and swung it at her head . |
| 23 | She wrapped up warmly , winding a scarf round her neck , crossing it over her chest and pinning it at the back , as her mother had done in her childhood . |
| 24 | It was all she had left now , so she had thanked her sister and left it at that . |
| 25 | One picks up a piece of donkey shit and throws it at his friend who runs off laughing . |
| 26 | They revel in their bloodlust and gratify it at every opportunity . |
| 27 | Because the high power electron beam would damage the magnets , a magnetic transport system ( not shown ) injects the beam into the wiggler and removes it at the exit . |
| 28 | A strange freedom , though ; one a barrage balloon would know if someone severed its cable and set it at liberty to wallow and wander at will . |
| 29 | ( b ) It is difficult to stop the record or start it at exactly the point that the teacher wishes . |
| 30 | ‘ Naw , ’ he replied angrily , crumpling up the pools coupon and throwing it at the television set . |