Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] it at [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Just beyond Fort Augustus a trace of their road may still be found ; now impassable , it must have been a fearful route : the climb up to any height of it is ferociously demanding — or else I hit it at the wrong spot .
2 She caught it at the public baths , ’ said his mum , with another one of her sniggers .
3 She adjusted it at a still more ludicrous angle in the mirror .
4 They 've shown that if you run it at the right speed and stuff it 's one of the most effective methods of doing it and erm the ones we say are the nice little plate compactors which are the best thing , they are useless in comparative performance so
5 You rarely need more than a teaspoonful , you add it at the absolute final moment of cooking , you do not blaze it ( at least I do not ) , you treat it simply as a seasoning .
6 So she advertised it at a knock-down price , and then invented a competitive bid to hurry you into signing on the dotted line .
7 Whether you choose a chateau hotel or stay in stately homes where families take in guests , splendour is the word and we found it at the majestic Chateau de Noirieux in Briollay , Anjou .
8 He knew that after shooting the second eight foot fall we would be free-falling thirty-feet onto a sloping rock shelf covered with a six inch sheet of tonnes and tonnes of the River Tees rushing over it every second ; hopefully ( if we hit it at the correct angle ) we would follow this shoot a further twenty five feet into the plunge pool at the bottom of the fall .
9 Well I called a meeting but I did n't think I advertised it well enough because there was a lot of interest and then I think we held it at the wrong time as well did n't we ,
10 Yeah well they , they sold it at the wrong ti I mean they built it the wrong time did n't they ?
11 she goes to part-time so they get it at a reduced rate .
12 ‘ There are a hundred ways a firm can get rid of pollution into the river , ’ said an experienced officer , ‘ so long as they do it at the right time . ’
13 Pitching the F1 as a ‘ super-bike ’ , he sold it at a retail price of £13,000 .
14 He opened it at the relevant page .
15 Taking the ledger from under his arm , he opened it at the relevant page and slid it on to the desk .
16 He shoved it at the uniformed man 's face , watching with pleasure as he recoiled from the stench .
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