Example sentences of "at it [conj] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She glanced at it but said nothing . |
| 2 | I glanced quickly at it but found it too difficult to understand , so I gave it back . |
| 3 | Mr Pumblechook held his glass up to the light , smiled importantly at it and drank it . |
| 4 | wait a bit , and they said so , they looked at it and said we 'd have to take it back in a few days time for them to do , they could n't do it there and then . |
| 5 | and the last time he said take it away for a week and see if it 's any better , so he took it away and it were no better so he took it down to Paul and somebody from come and had a look at it and said it 's injector problems |
| 6 | Erm , and Chris had a look at it and said it 's not the phone it 's your line , so she had to have the , the G P O people in . |
| 7 | Carolyn had had a couple of goes at it and made it into — well , more of a privet dodo than a hen . |
| 8 | You snatched at it and gobbled it down , before someone else did . |
| 9 | I looked at it and ran my fingers down its spiral-patterned surface . |
| 10 | It developed into a bubble , and holders — people who bought for business reasons — began to outnumber users , those who looked at it and got something out of it . |
| 11 | Malpass looked at it and offered me a cigarette and then a light . |
| 12 | He lashed out at it and sent it flying down the road , away from the trio of kids . |
| 13 | Magee took one , glanced at it and stuffed it into his pocket . |
| 14 | first of all she just ripped at it and slung it around , although after a couple of days she was tearing off dainty morsels and swallowing them . |
| 15 | From time to time one of the phones rang , and she stared at it and held her breath till it stopped . |
| 16 | She stared at it and held her breath . |
| 17 | He looked down at it and found himself reading an account of Mary Connon 's death . |
| 18 | He pointed at it and waved his hands in the wash-out signal . |
| 19 | Had he been a dunce at it or did his present situation , despite the opportunity it affords for the histrionics he so loves , make him feel like pawn ? |