Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] it at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Repetitive enough to appeal to Matthew , 4 , who asked for it at bedtime four nights running , and with sophisticated touches appreciated by William , 6 , normally a boy of the He Man persuasion . |
| 2 | Although on occasion he functioned as leader of the Congress movement , the ascendancy he achieved over it was purely personal , and he could make it seem as though he played with it at will . |
| 3 | He got into it at school , but his friends moved on . |
| 4 | ‘ I heard about it at school . ’ |
| 5 | When we talked about it at length , I realised that I 'd been using clothes to buoy myself up emotionally , ever since my father left when I was 10 . |
| 6 | I am told Dickens partook of it at home . ’ |
| 7 | I went in it at Hinton-in-the-Hedges , on the edge of the Cotswolds . |
| 8 | I went to it at Christmas |
| 9 | She spoke about it at length and Richard asked intelligent questions . |
| 10 | He advanced to the Seine , slipped across it at Poissy and , with Philip 's army hard on his heels , he crossed the Somme at Blanche-Taque by a ford which was revealed to the king in the nick of time , possibly by a prisoner to whom Edward offered enough money to buy the vital information . |
| 11 | I sat for it at Sutton Place — he did n't clown around when he was painting me , but talked of David , Ingres , Velázquez . ’ |
| 12 | Check for any areas of hazard such as pillars , radiators , chairs or competitors ' bags near the area — anything , in fact , that might cause you injury if you ploughed into it at speed . |