Example sentences of "[verb] it at an " in BNC.
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1 | Sometimes he walking round with his marking book and he holds it at an angle you know so you can see all the answers . |
2 | Another accident we had with an a wardrobe two of my lads had which was a funny one in retrospect but I some when you carry a wardrobe , funnily enough , the easiest way often if you 've got a tight corner , you know as you go round a corner in a staircase you 'll come from a landing and often turn right or turn left to go down , if you put it at an angle like that then you wo n't get it round the corner without catching the bannister . |
3 | In some West Indian islands a yacht arriving without one will be confronted with a customs officer producing a rolled-up flag from his pocket and offering to sell it at an inflated price in an atmosphere of thinly disguised pressure . |
4 | I saw it I actually saw it at an exhibition of Victorian photographs |
5 | He thought it gave him a rakish daring look , especially when he wore it at an angle with his loud checked jacket and green tie . |
6 | ‘ I 'd hoped for so much from that class since I was taking it at an American university , but — ’ |
7 | There have been some centres who felt that the American data has justified using it at an early stage . |
8 | Dewey , as is well known , divided knowledge into tens so that he could employ decimal notation ; when a particular subject turned out to have more than nine facets he had to group them together , often at the expense of logic , and if a new facet arrived in-conveniently there was no way of including it at an appropriate place in the hierarchy . |
9 | ‘ The dining suite is Regency and we bought it at an auction in Bournemouth , ’ says Pauline . |
10 | He pulled on his wet cap , adjusting it at an unusually rakish and dashing angle , and made his way , swaggering very slightly , to his comforts next door . |
11 | Provided it does n't melt , she now plans to show it at an exhibition in London . |