Example sentences of "[verb] [v-ing] at [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stands gazing at the middle barrel . |
| 2 | On the back of Wall Street 's overnight strength , the FT-SE 100 cash index rose 33 points at the outset and , with the futures index opening at a hefty premium , looked poised to turn in a record-setting performance . |
| 3 | This review process needs to be carried out on a fairly regular basis , perhaps every six months , and it should include looking at the current state of the market to see if there are any new developments that can be applied . |
| 4 | Or just too tired to do anything but enjoy looking at the pretty lady . |
| 5 | In a dialect poem of 1730 on the West Riding the master clothier and his wife appear breakfasting at a common table with their family , a few journeymen , servants and apprentices before setting down to weave together from " five at morn till eight at neet " . |
| 6 | I avoided looking at the headless pigeon in the gutter . |
| 7 | In vertebrates , shortly after gastrulation , the brain can be seen forming at the anterior end of the embryo . |
| 8 | Usually seen soaring at a considerable height . |
| 9 | Trying to avoid gazing at the grisly sight , the Leutnant sidled over to the statuesque Karnstein , and handed the envelope to her . |
| 10 | As she turned her back on him , she was breathless with rage , lying staring at the darkened wall of the cabin , aware he had completely turned her confrontation to his advantage and beaten her hands down . |
| 11 | Not only are peak users paying for the high marginal costs they impose , but also those users who would not mind consuming at a different time ( e.g. households with night storage heaters , who can use electricity at a time when marginal costs are low ) are induced by cheaper prices to switch to consuming at off-peak times . |
| 12 | You should begin exercising at the correct pace . |
| 13 | This latest exhibition is not merely an update of the one many will remember visiting at the Royal Academy in 1979 , but a transformation . |
| 14 | You and I are going shopping at the other end . ’ |
| 15 | A SOLDIER today denied that his evidence was a ‘ total fabrication ’ to justify firing at a stolen car in West Belfast . |
| 16 | Because it , it 's terrifying looking at a blank piece of paper when we needed ways to start the comment . |
| 17 | then you see or somebody you know looking at the long jump and they 're muttering away to themselves . |
| 18 | They began selling at an early age , certainly before 10 years of age . |
| 19 | ‘ If the number of candidates keeps rising at the present rate ’ , he said , ‘ then by the year 2010 the entire population of the world will have a SCOTVEC National Certificate ! ’ |
| 20 | Er without being an actuary I say to myself that 's a pretty magical thing you 've done and then it causes you to start looking at the monetary background of all of that an and again I I 'm , I 'm speaking here largely on what actuarial advice we are beginning to receive . |
| 21 | This unsettled all aircrew before they even started training at the Operational Training Unit . |
| 22 | From 1795 to 1800 he was apprenticed to his uncle Samuel [ q.v. ] , during which time in 1797 he started exhibiting at the Royal Academy , and in the beginnings of his career he was indebted in different ways to both Samuel and his other architect uncle , James [ q.v . ] . |
| 23 | And given that total hardware sales plummeted by 19.4% to $5,740m in the quarter , keeping the overall decline to 7% was an achievement in itself , even if within a quarter or three , turnover can be expected to start declining at an accelerating pace . |
| 24 | And given that total hardware sales plummeted by 19.4% to $5,740m in the quarter , keeping the overall decline to 7% was an achievement in itself , even if within a quarter or three , turnover can be expected to start declining at an accelerating pace . |
| 25 | Others need precise daily rations of sunlight that change with the seasons if they are to start flowering at a particular time . |
| 26 | Employees may try working at the new location for a short time and then decide not to continue . |
| 27 | The jockey merry-go-round kept whirring at a fierce pace as Adrian Maguire , who rode Cool Ground to win the Gold Cup , joined the rapidly-growing casualty list at Liverpool after falling with Sibton Abbey in the Perrier Jouet Handicap Chase . |
| 28 | " Do n't be sorry , " he said , " I quite enjoyed it , " She looked up briefly then , smiling uncertainly , as though she did n't believe him , He licked his lips , moved forward , put one hand out and touched hers where it gripped the glass , She kept looking at the empty glass avoiding his face . |
| 29 | Instead , he just kept looking at the American ambassador with what Sullivan describes as 'soulful eyes " . |
| 30 | The Wisharts resumed their reading , Mrs Wishart kept glancing at the old lady — she could n't help admiring her dress , it was so Victorian and really out of place in 1945 . |