Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] it at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 're not going to do it at all if the King loses interest too early . ’ |
| 2 | Without meaning there is only suffering , and I was not going to leave it at that . |
| 3 | At first it seemed that Francis was going to leave it at that , the ball in his court , but in fact he was trying to decide which would annoy her most : being kept in the dark about his conversation with Anna or knowing the truth . |
| 4 | I am very , very relieved and obviously taking advice on the next steps because naturally I am not going to leave it at this . ’ |
| 5 | No one tells us how we are supposed to deal with death — our own or that of other people — and yet we are all going to face it at some time . |
| 6 | ‘ Yes , and he told her she should have the amnio in the next week if she 's going to have it at all . |
| 7 | She had the feeling that he was n't going to take it at all well and , like the Taurean bull that he was , he was highly dangerous when aroused . |
| 8 | we 're not , like , intending to sell it at all but |
| 9 | " Ah , " said the niece , preparing to leave it at that . |
| 10 | The tremendous variation in the experiences of First , Second and Third World countries in terms of income , population , foreign trade , resources , quality of life and blocs might lead the faint-hearted to conclude that the global system either does not exist or that it is so hopelessly complex that there is no point in trying to conceptualize it at all . |