Example sentences of "[verb] [v-ing] at the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stands gazing at the middle barrel . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Or just too tired to do anything but enjoy looking at the pretty lady . |
| 4 | At the same time , the video head drum , which rotates 1500 times a minute , stops dead and starts spinning at the same speed in the opposite direction . |
| 5 | I avoided looking at the headless pigeon in the gutter . |
| 6 | In vertebrates , shortly after gastrulation , the brain can be seen forming at the anterior end of the embryo . |
| 7 | When a big shoal is feeding dozens of bream can be seen rolling at the same time , all facing the same way . |
| 8 | Trying to avoid gazing at the grisly sight , the Leutnant sidled over to the statuesque Karnstein , and handed the envelope to her . |
| 9 | In this way , all her eggs begin developing at the same time . |
| 10 | The end of the coding region is indicated by a U. Translation is shown initiating at the first methionine at nucleotide 76 . |
| 11 | When Jazz was in bed , lying staring at the strange patterns the lime-tree leaves , illuminated by the lamp-post , made on his bedroom ceiling , his father came up to him , moving softly round the door . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | You should begin exercising at the correct pace . |
| 14 | This latest exhibition is not merely an update of the one many will remember visiting at the Royal Academy in 1979 , but a transformation . |
| 15 | You and I are going shopping at the other end . ’ |
| 16 | The first batch of five coolies were flung face downward in the red dirt , and under the direction of the burly figure of Phat , half a dozen of his subordinates began lashing at the exposed soles of their bare feet . |
| 17 | Frantically he began tearing at the small buttons that ran from her waist to the collar of her dark blouse . |
| 18 | then you see or somebody you know looking at the long jump and they 're muttering away to themselves . |
| 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 | The children themselves appeared , and after a second summer spent playing at the M's farm , and becoming ‘ socialised ’ by contact with that family , it seemed they had made some progress . |
| 21 | The new picture is then assessed and another remedy given starting at the lowest degrees of dynamization ( LM 1 ) regardless of what potency level the previous remedy had reached . |
| 22 | He remembers competing at the national championships at Cleethorpes in 1923 , when the water lay only three foot deep above a foot of solid mud , and having to touch a mud-smeared wall at each end . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | This unsettled all aircrew before they even started training at the Operational Training Unit . |
| 25 | 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 . ] . |
| 26 | Employees may try working at the new location for a short time and then decide not to continue . |
| 27 | However , if all members of a group went swimming at the same time and left valuables unattended , that would be an unnecessary risk where no real precautions had been taken and would be a breach of the duty of care . |
| 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 | She kept glancing at the massive Mickey Mouse watch that dangled round her thin bony wrist . |