Example sentences of "[verb] it at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You do n't see a carpenter saying he wo n't build a house because he does n't like what 's next door and he 's going to wait until there 's a house with 8.3 rooms and the sun has it at a certain angle and then he 'll pound his nails and he wants billing above the plumber . ’ |
| 2 | Any chariot may have an additional giant wolf to pull it at a cost of +4 points . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Last year and this year they could have upgraded it at a cost much greater than the initial expenditure and much less efficiently . |
| 6 | Chlorine is relatively easy to measure I 'm sure you 'll all of done it at A level chemistry titration , silver nitrate ? |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | What I 'm , what I 'm saying is if , if you want to really stir people up , bring in a procedure within telling them what you 're doing , and then imple implement it at a later date and people will say , this is not quality . |
| 9 | What happens to their income support , do they still continue to receive it at a reduced rate ? |
| 10 | A group of kids are on a roundabout , one foot on and one foot off , they are pushing it at a giddy speed , round and around until their faces form a single banded blur . |
| 11 | Every time I lifted it to aim it at a target living or not — this moment would be at the back of my mind . |
| 12 | Twenty minutes later he had reached paragraph 9 when a voice from the next room told him that if he were typing anything other than his bloody resignation he should bloody well do it at a more civilised bloody hour . |
| 13 | to grow things you 've got ta do it at a specific time if you 're gon na wan na plan |
| 14 | We will do it at a nice steady pace , ’ he said . |
| 15 | It 's only one that can do it at a time we all have a role to play , we 're all part of that body are n't we that we 've looked at in some , what a lovely description it is , and some of us do n't look quite as good as the other part do we ? |
| 16 | ‘ The money we 'll get for the house , if we 're lucky enough to sell it at a good price , will just about pay the bills . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ David played it at a soundcheck and when I asked him if it was about Shaun he just smiled and then denied it . |
| 18 | informal rejection or acceptance of the planning proposal , without expressing it at a formal level |
| 19 | ‘ I knew there would be trouble at that roundabout — the road approaches it at a very acute angle . |
| 20 | She adjusted it at a still more ludicrous angle in the mirror . |
| 21 | Carefully measuring out distances and angle of fire , the Doctor triggered the blaster on its constant wide-beam setting , directing it at a spot on the tunnel floor a few feet ahead , where there was a sharp corner . |
| 22 | I mean , alright , we know you 're handling large lumps of money , but when you think of it , if you , if you , borrowed it at a different rate , you know , same rate as you could do finance , 'cos which I think the government could do it and make a profit at it . |
| 23 | The millionaire proudly handed the superintendent the cage and , while winding up the clockwork mechanism , described how he had bought it at a country auction in Warwickshire . |
| 24 | Having , as a small boy , saved his pocket money to buy his mother a scarf for her birthday , he was sharply told to take it back : he had bought it at a Liberal shop . |
| 25 | " You will read this book just as though you had bought it at a bookstall and you were reading it in the ordinary way as a whole . " |
| 26 | Because we can only understand it at a level of artificial instrumentation , and mathematical calculations on paper , we find it hard to imagine a little animal doing it in its head . |
| 27 | Instead of bowling the ball , which bore a small silver shield , Mr Cottle threw it at a low-flying swan . |
| 28 | At first I thought he was using it to wave at people , but then he bundled it up and threw it at a police car . |
| 29 | You know , cos I 'd got it at a P P C as well , for national conference . |
| 30 | Duke reckoned it at a mile and three-quarters ; the most conservative estimates put it at over a mile . |