Example sentences of "it at the " in BNC.
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1 | Begin what seems to be a front kick , then change it at the last moment into a high roundhouse kick . |
2 | One of Leonard 's few memories of his father ( in addition to his monocle , his spats and his hair smelling of Vitalis ) is that of his reading , both privately and aloud , to him and his sister — precious moments that fired the young boy 's imagination and set him , although no one realised it at the time , in the direction of his life 's work . |
3 | ‘ We did not know it at the time but the torch we lit in Britain , which transformed our country — the torch of freedom that is now the symbol of our party — became a beacon that has shed its light across the Iron Curtain into the East . |
4 | As Tomsky put it at the Fifth Congress of Trade Unions on 2 October 1922 : ‘ Without the strengthening and support of transport there can be no construction of socialism . ’ |
5 | A university congregates together that type of personality and places it at the disposal of the succeeding generation . |
6 | Ah , I think the Foreign Office was trying to pursue the only sensible policy as it perceived it at the time , right through the entire period , um , since 1965 . |
7 | The prospect of the moth scam was so exciting we even bought platform tickets so as not to blow it at the development stage . |
8 | Other examples in the Renaissance include the malcontent who haunts the very power structure which has alienated him , seeking reinscription within it but at the same time demystifying it , operating within and subverting it at the same time ; the revengers whose actions constitute an even more violent bid for reinscription within the very society which has alienated and dispossessed them ; the assertive women , the ‘ women on top ’ described by Natalie Zemon Davis who simultaneously appropriate , exploit , and undermine masculine discourse . |
9 | Downstairs she made herself a cup of coffee and carried it out onto the patio and drank it at the table , smoked a loose-rolled sweet Italian cigarette , and watched the coming of the dawn . |
10 | Thank God for dome tents with two bays : you collect snow from one end for tea , pass it through the middle-man , and then deposit it at the other end . |
11 | BRM scrapped it at the end of 1967 . |
12 | But I have n't given much thought to it at the moment . |
13 | A Hong Kong-based Scottish engineer and historian , Mr Charles Walker , is behind the scheme to inscribe a gravestone and place it at the spot where Liddell is known to have been buried . |
14 | Swales might , at last , have made a wise decision — if he does not go back on it at the first sign of failure . |
15 | Last month the European Socialist group , the largest in the European Parliament , threatened to sack the entire commission because the charter had been watered down in a vain attempt to secure Mrs Thatcher 's backing for it at the Strasbourg summit . |
16 | Consistent with her belief that the single market is the key to European prosperity and ‘ closer integration ’ as well as ‘ an example and opportunity ’ to Eastern Europe , Mrs Thatcher stressed it at the expense of Delors and the Social Charter — for which she predicted ‘ considerable difficulties ’ from many countries when detailed proposals emerged . |
17 | ‘ If we had wanted to deal with it at the time , we should have taken the action then . ’ |
18 | Mr John Prescott , the Labour transport spokesman , said BR would lose £3.5 billion of public support by 1993 , which would leave it at the bottom of the international league for support and top for fares . |
19 | But BodyShop 's appearance is more a reflection of accounting curiosities which gave it such a huge return on capital last year : likewise fire extinguisher company Nu-Swift , whose remarkable figures last year put it at the top of the ROC table . |
20 | The Pollexton dynasty had finished by 1747 , and from then on various relations spurned Mothecome until eventually they sold it at the end of the eighteenth century to a Mildmay forbear . |
21 | He could n't play it at the time , but it made some really great noises . |
22 | Unfortunately his foot was in it at the time and I slammed it , at which point he pulled out a badge and said he was a cop . |
23 | Under the heading ‘ A better quality of life ’ , Labour 's policy review for the 1990s declared that the future of the planet depended on keeping it at the top of the agenda : |
24 | She would n't do it at the time , because she felt the whole issue ought to be allowed to settle down . |
25 | The swing-door dividing the buffet from the kitchen contains a central , circular pink-tinted window and , as I gaze through it at the catering staff , my eyes fall on a cross between Fassbinder 's Querelle and one of Hieronymus Bosch 's more frightening paintings . |
26 | Yes , that 's how I perceived it at the time , but I was wrong . |
27 | I could have my own contributions returned or I could leave my pension where it was and draw it at the age of sixty-five . |
28 | Perhaps this is a challenge to put it at the centre of our lives , to think about it and , this Lent , to read the story as if we were there . |
29 | ‘ Here , ’ said Philip , taking the crunched-up ball of paper out of his jeans pocket and throwing it at the boy . |
30 | She took his suitcase and placed it at the bottom of the stairs . |