Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] it at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Diluting it and mixing in it into slurry lagoons or spreading it at a low rate on grassland was a method used in the past , but even that may not be possible now . |
| 2 | Here you are trying to have your cake and eat it at the same time … |
| 3 | The Labour administration approved the scheme wholeheartedly in 1986 , and used it at a public inquiry to try to oppose the imposition of more A-road architecture on the site approved by the previous Tory administration . |
| 4 | I needed to come up with a solution which avoided this overly defined focal point and used it at the same time . |
| 5 | The Eskimos of Alaska were collecting amber and trading it at the late summer fair held at Kotzebue on the north-west coast down to recent times . |
| 6 | ‘ You 're sending it and keeping it at the same time ? ’ |
| 7 | It 's a sort of That 's right push it through the hole and catch it at the other side . |
| 8 | The Peacock Committee was convinced that it was no longer possible to recommend ‘ no change ’ to either the licence fee system or the funding structure of broadcasting as a whole ; the differences between the two sources of revenue would create recurring crises for the BBC and put it at a competitive disadvantage compared to the ITV structure . |
| 9 | Frozen food storage cabinets are designed to accept pre-frozen food and hold it at the proper storage temperature — 18°C to -22°C . |
| 10 | Other examples in the Renaissance include the malcontent who haunts the very power structure which has alienated him , seeking reinscription within it but at the same time demystifying it , operating within and subverting it at the same time ; the revengers whose actions constitute an even more violent bid for reinscription within the very society which has alienated and dispossessed them ; the assertive women , the ‘ women on top ’ described by Natalie Zemon Davis who simultaneously appropriate , exploit , and undermine masculine discourse . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Quiss stumbled out of his seat , almost falling , scooped a flat piece of slate from the floor and threw it at the red crow , which screamed and jumped out of the way , spreading its wings and dropping away , flying into the cold clear space below the balcony , its final call echoing briefly , like laughter . |
| 13 | Georgina picked up a letter from her desk , screwed it up and threw it at the waste-paper basket . |
| 14 | On present thinking , it would be more logical to treat it as revision and to do it at the later stage . |
| 15 | I needed more of the thinner timber , but I ca n't fetch , chop and feed it at the same time . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | I hope , and I shall be bringing it up at the next police committee , that we will commit ourselves to that initiative will a view to bringing in those two pilot schemes in the county and extending it at a later date . |
| 18 | It remains only for you to locate one and buy it at a reasonable price . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Twin solutions to equations ( 9.17 ) and ( 9.19 ) of equal positive and negative values of a again correspond to the possibility of feeding the symmetric section at either end and terminating it at the other end . |
| 21 | ‘ Listen , friend , ’ the Campbell produced a pistol and pointed it at the tall boy , ‘ do you see this ? ’ |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The proposal is to mine the lignite and to burn it at a mine-mouth power station , probably near the Crumlin deposit . |
| 24 | She was about to shake her head , but changed it at the last moment to a nod . |
| 25 | Brenda Campbell says to ride a 100 miles on a horse is quite something in itself but to ride it at a fast pace and be able to get off is semothing else and it 's the best thing you can do with a horse |