Example sentences of "and [vb base] [pron] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Males have brightly striped fringes and flash them at each other when displaying during combat . |
| 2 | Inevitably , I noted these criticisms were rarely in relation to what he had said ( few had actually read the book ) , but rather were expressions of shocked outrage that he had failed to keep silent and say nothing at all . |
| 3 | Then take two cuts of the cards off the bottom of the pack and place them at each end before placing the rest in the middle . |
| 4 | Not so High Rocks , whose owners have steadily raised their admission charges in the last few years , threatened climbers with access restrictions , and put nothing at all back into the maintenance of the rocks , save to enclose them in a sturdy , reinforced fence . |
| 5 | Hands in his clay-coloured raincoat , Gaily , myopic , bent down and read one at random , wonderingly . |
| 6 | Giotto will fly to Halley 's comet in 1986 , and photograph it at close quarters . |
| 7 | He was concerned that preachers of the Word should also take it into homes and minister it at closer quarters . |
| 8 | You can purchase your first FREEDOM TICKET and renew it at any Post Office in Oxford or at The Broadway , Banbury Road or Mill Street offices in Kidlington itself . |
| 9 | ( iv ) If cells of known age are required , culture the isolated cells and examine them at hourly or half hourly intervals for division . |
| 10 | ‘ Many spend two years in the sixth form and get nothing at all , and it is hard for people who get a low grade at A-level to realise they have actually done very well . ’ |
| 11 | Some deaths , injuries and serious damage have been caused by young people who take other people 's cars and drive them at high speed . |
| 12 | And even if you 're parking it in your driveway or close to your home , lock and secure it at all times . |
| 13 | It is possible to make a break-through and find what at first appeared to be a problem turns into a sensible and satisfactory arrangement . |
| 14 | Perhaps sit and do nothing at all — or perhaps be revolting ? |
| 15 | Policies such as these penalise those who drink sensibly , are detrimental to the drinks industry and do nothing at all to deter those who are determined to abuse alcohol . |
| 16 | But one can not just say that the tau neutrino is heavy and leave it at that . |
| 17 | ‘ Is n't it enough to look at the work I 've produced and leave it at that ? ’ |
| 18 | Some guy might walk past and say , ‘ Hey , you look nice today ’ , and leave it at that . |
| 19 | If you are not sure of the answers , say so , and leave it at that . |
| 20 | Some find it simpler to say that Jesus was human and leave it at that . |
| 21 | Unlike Sam , or even me for that matter , he could admire a girl from afar , and leave it at that . |
| 22 | You could take their word for it and leave it at that . |
| 23 | Do n't just look at it and think to yourself ‘ That 's a jug ’ and leave it at that . |
| 24 | I 'd rather not talk to the guests much beforehand simply because I find it works better just to say hello , and thanks for coming , and leave it at that . |
| 25 | Anyway , Michael said that if he had one he 'd settle for peeling off the Carlsson stickers and the other red flashes down the sides and leave it at that . |
| 26 | and leave it at that . |
| 27 | When you 're a child they say , ‘ You know you should n't do that ’ , and they give you a bloody good rollicking and leave it at that — they try to terrify you . |
| 28 | Let's just say it seems a bit questionable and leave it at that . ’ |
| 29 | Call me old-fashioned , but I think a lot of American actors just do a sort of swagger and leave it at that . |
| 30 | Did he write col basso in the score and leave it at that ? |