Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [verb] it at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tom unbuttoned his overcoat , fished in the pocket of the dark suit which he scathingly referred to as his ‘ city uniform ’ for his identity card and flashed it at the uniformed security man . |
| 2 | Deliberately , he lifted the photograph and flung it at the fireplace . |
| 3 | A dozen years ago , half ICI 's sales were in the UK , tying the company 's fortunes to Britain 's anaemic manufacturing industry and putting it at a colossal disadvantage to rivals in more robust economies ; last year , the proportion was down to 21% , against 31% in the Americas , 25% in continental Europe , 17% in the Asia-Pacific region and 6% elsewhere . |
| 4 | It is much better to have one review and to have it at the beginning of the Parliament , and that is exactly what we shall do . |
| 5 | the sad news for golfers is that you 've a better chance of watching the sport than playing it at the Oxfordshire club … membership is being limited to 750 and the joining fee is twenty five thousand pounds … |
| 6 | Like someone in a trance , she gazed at the clasp that fastened it at the throat . |
| 7 | On present thinking , it would be more logical to treat it as revision and to do it at the later stage . |
| 8 | And now she did what she had promised herself she would do , and lifted her foot and aimed it at the nun 's shin . |
| 9 | She wrapped up warmly , winding a scarf round her neck , crossing it over her chest and pinning it at the back , as her mother had done in her childhood . |
| 10 | They revel in their bloodlust and gratify it at every opportunity . |
| 11 | Because the high power electron beam would damage the magnets , a magnetic transport system ( not shown ) injects the beam into the wiggler and removes it at the exit . |
| 12 | ‘ Naw , ’ he replied angrily , crumpling up the pools coupon and throwing it at the television set . |
| 13 | As Kopyion walked towards him , Carlson ordered him to stop , aimed his weapon and fired it at the general 's shoulder . |
| 14 | I needed to come up with a solution which avoided this overly defined focal point and used it at the same time . |
| 15 | Here you are trying to have your cake and eat it at the same time … |
| 16 | A qualified instructor will demonstrate how to use equipment properly , how to get the best from your body and enjoy it at the same time . |
| 17 | She had drawn her fair hair high into an elaborate plait down the back of her head and fastened it at the bottom with a wide tortoiseshell clasp : it looked distinguished and competent , but nowhere near cuddly . |
| 18 | Then Nour turned and saw us , and he leapt from his chair and took a cup of coffee ready-poured and threw it at the cat , who was near my foot , so that my foot was covered in coffee and the cat fled . |
| 19 | ‘ Listen , friend , ’ the Campbell produced a pistol and pointed it at the tall boy , ‘ do you see this ? ’ |
| 20 | If your statute obviously belongs to a particular title , like ‘ Contract , ’ take down that volume of the collection and open it at the title ( known as the ‘ group ’ ) . |
| 21 | First , the testator takes a blank piece of paper and signs it at the bottom . |
| 22 | But as she bent to cuddle them a small boy , brushing down a pony , picked up a lump of mud and hurled it at the dogs to drive them off . |
| 23 | ‘ Here , ’ said Philip , taking the crunched-up ball of paper out of his jeans pocket and throwing it at the boy . |
| 24 | The assistant then ushered them through the doorway behind the counter , removed a sonic transmitter from his pocket and pointed it at the empty bookcase against the opposite wall . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | The proposal is to mine the lignite and to burn it at a mine-mouth power station , probably near the Crumlin deposit . |
| 27 | If it is argued that sarvodaya is an unattainable ideal , and that in the end one may have to settle for the happiness or good of 51 per cent , it could be stated in reply , that it is infinitely better to strive for sarvodaya and fail to realize it , than to start out with a limited objective and attain it at the expense of an unfortunate minority . |
| 28 | She took his suitcase and placed it at the bottom of the stairs . |
| 29 | And you can mass type , erm mass headlines , and we do negative type leading and all the rest , but you have to add up that extra descender space and put it at the bottom of the headline . |
| 30 | When he got there , he pulled an enormous bell-mouthed gun — I imagine it was a blunder-buss — from his belt and levelled it at the monster . |