Example sentences of "[vb -s] it at " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You do n't see a carpenter saying he wo n't build a house because he does n't like what 's next door and he 's going to wait until there 's a house with 8.3 rooms and the sun has it at a certain angle and then he 'll pound his nails and he wants billing above the plumber . ’ |
| 2 | A university congregates together that type of personality and places it at the disposal of the succeeding generation . |
| 3 | Anne wants it at 30 degrees , Pat at 60 degrees . |
| 4 | and they 've got it in but it wants it at different times does n't it ? |
| 5 | ‘ It 's now coming up for its 12,000 mile service , and does n't feel as though it needs it at all . |
| 6 | A smith uses a hammer very differently to most tradesmen , never holds it at the bottom of the shaft , for the resulting whip means that power is lost so they always clench the tool near the head . |
| 7 | Sometimes he walking round with his marking book and he holds it at an angle you know so you can see all the answers . |
| 8 | Say , for example , a nearby shop offers something with a normal cost price of £50 on 21-week terms , at 31 per cent APR ; but a town-centre shop ( 50p bus ride each way ) advertises it at 21.3 per cent APR . |
| 9 | Yet the main character says it at every opportunity — that , and ‘ silly old moi ’ . |
| 10 | It is the unique experience of rail travellers on the Gotthard to glimpse the same , unmistakable baroque-domed village church three times in a few minutes as the train passes it at different levels above and below . |
| 11 | On the rare occasions when the Indian does seek to build up a reserve for himself , he squanders it at once . |
| 12 | ‘ I knew there would be trouble at that roundabout — the road approaches it at a very acute angle . |
| 13 | It was planned in 1725 and an engraving by Sutton Nicholls shows it at the north side of the garden , 300 feet long with forty-one windows on the ground floor . |
| 14 | So , from the dominant parliamentary perspective the Left takes the British constitution for granted as a good thing , and from the insurrectionary perspective the Left sees the British constitution ( if it sees it at all ) as beyond the pale of reasoned consideration and change . |
| 15 | He just sits g , he , he just , you know , it 's , it 's a waste Dave just sees it at because it 's different if they were hard up |
| 16 | No , no the shop could use it then as a as a loss leader he could make say , a penny on it an ge so if he buys it at , you 're buying what , thirty five ? |
| 17 | It is a magic one , though only modestly so : ‘ He that blows it at need shall set fear in the hearts of his enemies and joy in the hearts of his friends , and they shall hear him and come to him . ’ |
| 18 | That is , in addition to the tendency to feel tired because we have been awake a long time , there is some rhythmic change that decreases our fatigue at some times and increases it at others . |
| 19 | The official guide starts the walk at Calenzana in the north and ends it at Conca , and most walkers tackle it that way . |
| 20 | So he gets it at four quid but |
| 21 | And swings it at her . ’ |
| 22 | They 'll shatter if Suragai pulls it at full stretch . ’ |
| 23 | One picks up a piece of donkey shit and throws it at his friend who runs off laughing . |
| 24 | The vulture selects a rock , picks it up in its beak and , standing about half to one metre away , throws it at the egg with considerable force . |
| 25 | The second exception was established in Tuberville v. Stamp where it was held that liability extended to a fire originating in a field as much as to one beginning in a house , but if the defendant kindles it at a proper time and place and the violence of the wind carry it to his neighbour 's land , that is fit to be given in evidence . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | ‘ The joke evolves down the pub in Newcastle , and the lorry driver tells it at a truck-stop and within 24 hours it 's all over the country . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ She lays it at our door , I am sure , and yet it is not our fault she is in difficulties . ’ |
| 29 | He 's brought Goldilocks Ann , erm can he bring it home please because he reads it at night before he goes to bed . |
| 30 | Harry takes the matchstick out of his mouth and points it at Howard . |