Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] it [adv prt] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chiswell Street is quiet and sedate nowadays but two hundred years ago it was the powerhouse for the Whitbread brewery which churned out Porter , the dark beer named after the London market porters who knocked it back at a fearsome rate early in the morning . |
| 2 | She picked it up at the third ring . |
| 3 | The phone on the wall close to her rang and she picked it up at the second ring . |
| 4 | Although the formwork was quite heavy , we pegged it down at the four corners as a precaution . |
| 5 | The pair had star quality written all over their faces as they hammed it up at a Buddy Holly tribute . |
| 6 | He handed it over at a rendezvous — but Elizabeth was kept in her captor 's car boot for another two hours before being dumped . |
| 7 | He opened it up at the last minute , came flying over and it was a terrific shot . |