Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [v-ing] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He found that gazing at the CO 's moustache helped . |
| 2 | Bobbing and bobbing at the well-wall |
| 3 | They could hear Oliver banging and kicking at the cellar door . |
| 4 | But what struck like an ice-cold knife into Owen 's heart was the group of six or seven men standing in the middle of the road , between him and the fire , laughing and jeering at the villagers ' puny efforts to save their homes . |
| 5 | Quiss clawed at the wall , tearing the faded , yellowing books away from it , throwing them behind him like a dog digging a hole in the sand , bellowing incoherently and tearing and swiping at the wall , baring the green-black slate beneath as the torn , ripped pages fluttered away behind him falling to the grimy glass floor like some flat , grubby snow . |
| 6 | This type of debate can only be resolved when looking at the functions in some detail . |
| 7 | When he realised that arriving at The Bar meant he was still only just at the start of his wanderings or journey , he ached some nights to be told that he need go no farther than this . |
| 8 | However , each limb can now attack , clawing or kicking at the adventurers . |
| 9 | I conclude that looking at the matter from the point of view of expense incurred and not from the point of view of loss to the employer no expense could be regarded as having been incurred as a result of the decision of the authorities of the college to provide this particular benefit to the taxpayer . |
| 10 | However , it was said that looking at the employee 's base was not the be-all and end-all . |
| 11 | He was groaning and clawing at the pillow . |
| 12 | But certainly he 'll be pushing and pushing at the front there and making runs to get in the back all night I 'm I 'm certain of that . |
| 13 | He looked at her derisively and left her to it , drinking the coffee he had made and sitting at the table . |
| 14 | Current Department of Agriculture inspection methods — feeling , smelling and looking at the food — were judged inappropriate as , in the case of fish , they can not not detect the toxins . |
| 15 | A tale of when Saltash was a busy riverside fishing town and , so it was said , Saltash lads and maidens were noted everywhere for their smart trick of turning their hand to everything , including fishing , gardening , boat building , oyster dredging and pulling at the regatta for prizes , is that of boatswain 's mate Charles Hoskins and his sweetheart , Bessie Lee . |
| 16 | He could imagine her posed , mouth moistly open , hips jutting and staring at the cameras with that apparently obligatory look of arrogant resentment . |
| 17 | To be fair to be fair to him I think that he would erm he 's set his heart on going and working at the lawn mower place on the production line |
| 18 | In the light from the partly-opened curtains , she could see his head above hers , his neck stretched , his eyes open and staring at the wall above the bed-head . |
| 19 | They found a pocket of spring/summer oscillation and camped overnight there , conscious that just yards away a biting winter was flaring and dying , the trees sprouting , then blackening again , as if the buds were tiny creatures , grasping and snatching at the light , then quickly tugging back into their wood-bark holes . |
| 20 | Alexei signalled to one of the engine tenders , and the man fiddled with the levers so that the rods rising and falling at the top of the funnel slowed jerkily and then stopped . |
| 21 | Children are assessed while staying at the Institute for up to four weeks ( this may be extended in some cases ) . |
| 22 | I have enjoyed reading ZZAP ! since early 1987 ( issue 25 ) and have seen many Editors come and go ( I do n't know whether I 'm coming or going at the moment — Ed ) . |
| 23 | Mossop , faithful both to preference and history , remained in the car whilst Harry walked up the front path , trying to ignore the ravenous alsatian growling and tearing at the neighbour 's fence . |
| 24 | On behalf of Nether Wyresdale Parish Council I wish to register an objection to the application for an entertainment licence for music , dancing and singing at the Priory Restaurant , Scorton . |
| 25 | Shelley started sorting the patients ' cards into order , and wonderered why she felt a little hurt at the thought of Victoria coming and going at the Casa Madrid . |
| 26 | Well , she went , like balling and shouting at the top of her voice , I mean , she talks to Terry like shit . |
| 27 | For a moment , the Doctor toyed lightly with the simularity crystal he had found while looking at the blood on the floor . |
| 28 | Seven years after the Americans bombed Libya , a veteran peace campaigner has been arrested while protesting at the airbase used for the raid . |
| 29 | No such clear-cut patterns emerge when looking at the substance of their preferences : whom they had chosen to comment on , and whether they regarded them favourably or unfavourably . |
| 30 | Sooner , rather than later , and generally after a few stiff drams , Joicey would break into the Gaelic , roaring and shouting at the top of his voice : ‘ Man to man it was in those days . |