Example sentences of "[verb] it at the [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | I did n't know it at the time but a greater blow awaited me A few days later Mrs Rumney was on the phone again . |
| 3 | Tell them what you 're going to tell them before you tell them , and then summarise it at the end and tell them what you told them . |
| 4 | The man came back from the bank in a van and the other men stopped it at the gate and grabbed the money . ’ |
| 5 | You may not feel it at the moment because I 've blocked your mind from the pain . |
| 6 | You do n't grasp it when you 're young , and if you 're born , obviously as a lot of the population now are , much younger , and have n't really been either touched or involved in a war , it 's very difficult , it 's something which we 've all seen on television , we 've all seen it at the films and you tend if you 're not careful , to pick up the glamorous side of it , you do n't realise I do n't think and in fact I keep saying this — I do n't think you can ever realise what it must be like to be in a battle until you 've actually been there . |
| 7 | Did you see it at the cinema or on video ? |
| 8 | I did n't realize it at the time but I think it wants |
| 9 | Stein came along , smelt the drink , refused to listen to Rough 's explanation , picked up the glass and threw it at the keeper and marched off . |
| 10 | But I really did like it at the end when he got back with his mother and the rest of the family and they had a lovely Christmas with hundreds of presents . |
| 11 | No-one usin' it at the time so that was lucky too . ’ |
| 12 | It was a thoroughly tested number as Tiller had not only shown it at the Palace but his La Scala Girls had also performed it at the Winter Gardens Pavilion , Blackpool , the previous year . |
| 13 | He picked up his book again , opened it at the marker and settled himself in his seat . |
| 14 | ‘ There is a telephone call for you , Miss Kingsdale , ’ he smiled , and quickly added , ‘ You can take it at the desk if you wish . ’ |
| 15 | Ah , well you 'll have to take it up there then , you 'd be better off joining it at the back if you 're gon na join it |
| 16 | And if Unix is destined to dominate mainstream data processing , does n't it make sense to run it at the desktop as well — why have two different — and ultimately competing — operating system worlds when the expressed ideal is to have everything working seamlessly together from desktop to the multiprocessor servers that threaten to supplant the monolithic mainframe ? |
| 17 | But I , but I think you know the , the , the thing that I found erm most difficult as you say was , was actually completing the C C Q and I think part of it and asking the question but it is , certainly it would be easier to do it using that on your knee rather than doing it at the table because I was aware that I was turning away |
| 18 | But then if you did it at the stage before , before it gets into the Scottish Theatre Guide you can then make your dates available or you can agree your dates and you can get publicity and that at home . |
| 19 | When one of the witnesses pointed out that the testator had not signed the will the testator replied that he had signed it at the top and that it could be signed anywhere . |
| 20 | A Primus is a little camping-stove that you fill with paraffin and you light it at the top and then you pump it to get pressure for the flame . |
| 21 | Altering it at the fringes and working hard on prisoner/staff relationships was much more what was needed . ’ |
| 22 | that it has reduced over the last year at Thornhill and I do know that we have agreed in our budget for this coming year to put in closed circuit television at all four Park and Ride car parks , which presumably will reduce it at the others as well . |
| 23 | He sat on the top step , raised the automatic with both hands and aimed it at the arm that was writhing in the aperture below . |
| 24 | Rip it into tiny pieces and throw it at the bride and groom at the next wedding you see . |
| 25 | For the moment we have to charge the fee , we can not waive it , but we have to charge it , but we have to charge it at the level that is set by the government and which is subject to review and er and er Mr has , has drawn our attention to has recently been increased . |
| 26 | You always , you always have it at the beginning or any er programme . |
| 27 | The plonker does n't actually know how to operate it at the moment but he will once he 's passed his night school exams . |
| 28 | My business statement every week is based on the position as I see it at the time and we have organised matters at the time . |
| 29 | As he explained it at the briefings and again at his trial , three years later , ‘ The only people in the conflict in Nicaragua that are today buried beneath a cross are those that fight for the resistance . |
| 30 | Well I 've ordered it at the library because they did n't have , they used to , but it 's gone . |