Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] it at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't blame yourself for that choice ; you had reasons for adopting it at the time . |
| 2 | Erm , the kit that these boys are wearing is a number of years old , and therefore we are going to need think about replacing it at the end of this season . |
| 3 | It was all a question of catching it at the right angle . |
| 4 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | It interested me so much that I 've lost , or won , if you like , the whole day of reading it at the busiest period with the printers I know , waiting for copy ! |
| 6 | well if you 'd of put it at the top of the basket , I would of seen it |
| 7 | In directing it at the targets they did , however , they produced effects that feminists such as Josephine Butler might have eventually found abhorrent . |
| 8 | Participants were particularly inspired by the lead given by Namibia in defining communication policy ( see pages 4 and 5 of this newsletter ) and in placing it at the service of justice , freedom and democratic growth . |
| 9 | Participants were particularly inspired by the lead given by Namibia in defining communication policy ( see pages 4 and 5 of this newsletter ) and in placing it at the service of justice , freedom and democratic growth . |
| 10 | Under the heading ‘ A better quality of life ’ , Labour 's policy review for the 1990s declared that the future of the planet depended on keeping it at the top of the agenda : |
| 11 | We came very close to doing it at the last election . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's a very rare model , but while I ca n't get fired up to restoring it at the moment , I just can not bring myself to sell it , ’ is Gordon 's dilemma . |
| 13 | Next Computer Inc is going try to stage a NeXTWorld Expo without leaning on Uniforum by holding it at the same time like it did last year . |
| 14 | Section 123(1) of the Insolvency Act 1986 provides that a company is deemed unable to pay its debts if a creditor ( by assignment or otherwise ) to whom the company is indebted in a sum exceeding £750 then due has served on the company , by leaving it at the company 's registered office , a written demand ( in the prescribed form ) requiring the company to pay the sum so due and the company has for three weeks thereafter neglected to pay the sum or to secure or compound for it to the reasonable satisfaction of the creditor . |
| 15 | If he then requires bailiff service the bailiff serves the summons by delivering it at the said address and by delivering it to the person having , or appearing to have , control or management there alternatively to a partner personally . |