Example sentences of "and [verb] it at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | It 's a sort of That 's right push it through the hole and catch it at the other side . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Frozen food storage cabinets are designed to accept pre-frozen food and hold it at the proper storage temperature — 18°C to -22°C . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Georgina picked up a letter from her desk , screwed it up and threw it at the waste-paper basket . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | It remains only for you to locate one and buy it at a reasonable price . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ Listen , friend , ’ the Campbell produced a pistol and pointed it at the tall boy , ‘ do you see this ? ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The proposal is to mine the lignite and to burn it at a mine-mouth power station , probably near the Crumlin deposit . |