Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] 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 ‘ I started a similar scheme in Wellington , but then I did it at the same hour on the same day every week .
3 She caught it at the public baths , ’ said his mum , with another one of her sniggers .
4 She adjusted it at a still more ludicrous angle in the mirror .
5 So she advertised it at a knock-down price , and then invented a competitive bid to hurry you into signing on the dotted line .
6 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 .
7 There was a small gap in the fence that was unaffected by the pile-up and we approached it at a forty-five degree angle .
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 Pitching the F1 as a ‘ super-bike ’ , he sold it at a retail price of £13,000 .
12 He opened it at the relevant page .
13 Taking the ledger from under his arm , he opened it at the relevant page and slid it on to the desk .
14 He shoved it at the uniformed man 's face , watching with pleasure as he recoiled from the stench .
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