Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [conj] [v-ing] at the " in BNC.

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1 That 's an area of course that we would wish to increase eventually but looking at the protected figures , a large increase in the primary schools delegated budgets this year could result in , in a de facto cut to the secondary schools next year .
2 because , you know , you will see a couple of doctors wandering around and sitting at the desk
3 Sometimes the bible surprises us a little bit of course , and it puts it finger on things that we perhaps do n't really want to talk about or we do n't even consider as sins and the bible is quite clear that not all sins are what we do often there what we do n't do in parable that Jesus told concerning the traveller , the man who went down to Jericho , we do n't condemn the priest and the levite for what they did , but we do condemn them for what they did n't do , their sin was not what they did , it was what they left undone , going over and looking at the man was very note worthy , as least there was some interest there and we do n't condemn them for that , but we do condemn them for hurrying along and not reaching out and helping the man in the Pistol of James and chapter four and verse seventeen James says there , any one then who knows the good he ought to do and does n't do it , sins so the sins that you and I comment or the sins rather that we are guilty of are not just the things that we do there of times the things that we do n't do and sometimes there more difficult for us to put a finger on , we can justify them so very easily its been said that all it needs for evil to triumph , is for good men to say or to do nothing well lets look at the , that , illu illustration there that we have in the second book of kings .
4 We watched him creating that knitting , talking about colour and going round and looking at the things which had inspired his imagination in his designing .
5 As well as being appropriately dressed you should also be aware that you may have been noted even while looking at the agency 's window display .
6 ‘ In some parts of New South Wales this ornamental bird has obtained the name of the Alarm-bird from its rising in the air , flying round and screaming at the approach of an intruder , causing not only all of its own species to follow its example , but every other animal in the district to be on the alert .
7 Stepping back and looking at the other two nuns , the Mother Superior said , ‘ Take her to her cell . ’
8 In the case of the curious ‘ rodent-run ’ display , it is as if the bird is running away and hiding at the same time .
9 Even so , as she followed the straight line of his back , seeing the way he moved smoothly and economically , the black hair carelessly swept back and curling at the nape of his neck , she felt a brief frisson of something she could not explain .
10 ‘ Well ? ’ she pressed him , sitting up and looking at the broad back facing her .
11 while confusion reigned at Aintree … they were celebrating at the County Ground as Swindon won again and complaining at the Manor as Oxford lost again … here 's the action
12 Why are you concerning yourself about these matters ? she queried mentally while staring at the typewriter .
13 A couple of weeks ago , the new logo was unveiled revealing a patently insane , bald-headed man , leaning backwards and bawling at the top of his voice — MAYFEST !
14 There was another commotion going on down on the slip ; the BMW people were gesticulating wildly and pointing at the tyres on one side of the trailer holding the big ski boat , which appeared to be listing slightly in that direction now .
15 ‘ Hmm , ’ said Lili abstractedly , leaning forward and tweaking at the hem .
16 Trained in Ireland at the Cullinane yard for his first run of the 1984–5 season , he was then moved to Paddy Mullins , winning a handicap hurdle at Limerick Junction on his second outing for his new stable before his mood let him down again in the 1985 Gold Cup : he tried to pull himself up after a circuit and was tailed off when refusing at the last fence .
17 This puts me in mind of the last Top of The Pops I watched , a show replete with beflared , poncho 'd , kaftan 'd persons doing psychotropic ‘ dances ’ , tripping out and boogieing at the same time .
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