Example sentences of "[verb] it [adv] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Yeah I have got it on at the moment . |
| 32 | That 's how it seems in memory ; and we each apprehended it subcutaneously at the time , il me semble . |
| 33 | Her cool hands slid up under my jacket , plucking at my shirt , pulling it out at the waist . |
| 34 | They tug at their hair , pulling it out at the roots , roll around the floor and bang their heads against the wall . |
| 35 | You know they joined it right at the beginning , they , they 're the ones where the momentum 's come from erm they 're the ones asking the rich peasants to join them , the middle peasants and they 're the ones leading the revolution , th they are the riff-raff if you , you know , want to take one view erm they have n't got anything to lose because of their position er er er er as erm a rich peasant may say , you know , what is there to keep me from joining yo you people have neither tile over your heads nor speck of land under your feet , and it 's true they have got nothing to lose but these are the ones that are pushing the ideas forward and forming the associations . |
| 36 | We have some good news for Norbert Stiles O.B.E. since he will keep it tight at the back for our key diplomatic posting . |
| 37 | really , your pipes should be levels , should go I drape my pipe over it if I do it , or hang it up at the back . |
| 38 | Tommy picks up the Magnum and fires it twice at the stereo , one bullet in each cassette deck . |
| 39 | Finally she stepped into her chosen dress , zipping it up at the back with practised ease . |
| 40 | He would drop it off at the police station when he was well enough . |
| 41 | ‘ I wish I 'd understood it more at the time . ’ |
| 42 | Because we joined Club Social and come the bitter frosty nights we can gather round for another glass for old time 's sake and really get it on at the Club 18–30 reunions at South Coast World in November , Blackpool in March . |
| 43 | It might seem long-winded , but dependent upon er if you get it right at the start with it , it might mean that one of the things we 're suggesting er you might say no , it 's not for me this , but you might think that job analysis is a good way of identifying training . |
| 44 | Well , who give 's a fuck what she 's wearing , long 's get it off at the end of the day . |
| 45 | He had written something on a scrap of paper and folded it over at the bottom . |
| 46 | So no I think er we all stuck it together at the start , not really knowing where it was gon na lead us . |
| 47 | As the name suggests , this consists of bouncing the light off reflective surfaces instead of aiming it directly at the subject . |
| 48 | He was a small man and it looked as if his rifle was much too heavy for him as he waved it threateningly at the crowd inside the camp . |
| 49 | No matter how secretive I am with it , she can sniff it out at the drop of a handfork and , of course , most of my young plants are dug up . |
| 50 | Oh well if you let me have it this week I 'll let you have it back at the weekend . |
| 51 | Perhaps you could let me have it back at the AGM ? |
| 52 | He can steady her balance by holding his hands sufficiently close but not grasping her waist as she pirouettes , then grasp it firmly at the end of the turn , maybe to twist her into another pose . |
| 53 | She slid her arms into her silk robe and tied it loosely at the waist . |
| 54 | When I did that one for Ian , we just tied it in at the back did n't we ? |
| 55 | I think that , too , must have been part of an identity check , particularly as she repeated it again at the end . " |
| 56 | And that 's the way we are approaching it here at the moment . |
| 57 | He then only needed a pitching-wedge and he hit it straight at the pin to about 18 feet or so . |
| 58 | At the 13th , a big sloping green , he studied my putt and said : ‘ Ah now , it 's a canny putt , son , but let me see … yes , hit it straight at the pin . ’ |
| 59 | fix it firmly at the vase with a few stitches or a spot of glue and pull it round the ‘ neck ’ by winding a thread round it ( you 'll have a few small folds here ) . |
| 60 | Or you accept precisely what they do and claim it back at the end of the year . |