Example sentences of "[verb] it at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Accounting for the use of this form in any context will always imply relating the particular meaning actualized in the context to the permanent potential significate postulated for it in tongue , and will consequently involve : ( 1 ) showing that the common denominator of a before/after sequence is present ( the constant element evoked by to ) , and ( 2 ) showing how the speaker has fit the particular experience he is talking about into this potential by intercepting the operation of actualizing it at the appropriate moment ( the variable element expressed by to ) . |
| 2 | At the speed the train is going , I will catch it at the next station . |
| 3 | I was gon na catch it at the next stop . |
| 4 | A key objective since Tencel was launched has been to position it at the top end of the market , working with the best mills , converters and manufacturers and attracting a premium price for the fibre . |
| 5 | ‘ She caught it at the public baths , ’ said his mum , with another one of her sniggers . |
| 6 | ‘ You 're sending it and keeping it at the same time ? ’ |
| 7 | That will worry hon. Members on both sides of the House , and we should discuss it at the earliest opportunity . |
| 8 | I think it would be nice , and then we could actually discuss it at the next planning meeting which I presume , which is the twentieth |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | This E S R D really is the bible and we have specified the aircraft to meet that E S R D and not anything extra , er obviously if one of the four nations wants to build a nuclear role into the aircraft that becomes a very big political question first and foremost and we have just not considered it at the technical level at all because it 's er it 's not in the requirement . |
| 11 | I needed to come up with a solution which avoided this overly defined focal point and used it at the same time . |
| 12 | Er if there were holes in the information or whether really whatever board members feel and erm we can consider it at the next meeting . |
| 13 | Whether you choose a chateau hotel or stay in stately homes where families take in guests , splendour is the word and we found it at the majestic Chateau de Noirieux in Briollay , Anjou . |
| 14 | She was about to shake her head , but changed it at the last moment to a nod . |
| 15 | Whilst it is necessary to commence with an idea or concept , it is important to evaluate it at the earliest possible time , and thus the procedure is to commence testing by moving briefly into both the analysis and scheming phases . |
| 16 | If the helicopter is moving , to stop it you must apply an opposite control movement and then remove it at the precise moment that the helicopter stops . |
| 17 | It 's a sort of That 's right push it through the hole and catch it at the other side . |
| 18 | That was going to be in May so we needed it to ship in April so I said , well you 've got to you 've got to still finish it at the same time . |
| 19 | If you want one , we can do it at the same time as the valuation , at a reduced fee , but we must be told at the outset . |
| 20 | Frozen food storage cabinets are designed to accept pre-frozen food and hold it at the proper storage temperature — 18°C to -22°C . |
| 21 | They 've shown that if you run it at the right speed and stuff it 's one of the most effective methods of doing it and erm the ones we say are the nice little plate compactors which are the best thing , they are useless in comparative performance so |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | This is achieved by holding down the fire button until the meter below the energy bar reaches maximum , then releasing it at the right moment . |
| 24 | He held it up for the others to see and then threw it at the thin man contemptuously who automatically caught it in both hands . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Georgina picked up a letter from her desk , screwed it up and threw it at the waste-paper basket . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Somehow she managed to keep her self-control , opened it at the right page and began reading it slowly , as though she had never seen it before , although she knew every word by heart — because it was written from the heart . |
| 29 | He opened it at the relevant page . |
| 30 | Taking the ledger from under his arm , he opened it at the relevant page and slid it on to the desk . |