Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [v-ing] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The easiest uses to come to grips with are exclamations such as ( 1 ) above , because they give a very clear impression of somehow looking at the infinitive event from a position before : they express a desire or longing to realize the infinitive event , so that ( 1 ) might be paraphrased " I would love to be in England … |
| 2 | So get into the habit of really looking at the viewfinder picture as you line up the shot . |
| 3 | ‘ There is a buzz going around that I 'm starting a band , ’ quoth Morrissey and no one could blame his Mancunian counterparts for deliberately yawning at the suggestion . |
| 4 | The principal aim is to create the impression from just looking at the street that it is not , just there for cars but for pedestrians , cyclists and residents too . |
| 5 | ‘ In 1988 someone would come in and spend £40 per head without even looking at the bill . |
| 6 | ‘ That as a member of a large merchant-banking family , with some ties to the Soviet Union , you will be over there looking at the country with a view to future investment opportunities . |
| 7 | On Feb. 6 the Minister of Tourism , Maj. Mihai Lupoi , was dismissed for allegedly protesting at the transfer of buildings used by his ministry to other bodies . |
| 8 | Alternatively , a fairly shrewd idea can be obtained by simply looking at the back . |
| 9 | Thus it is an open system rather than a closed one and its behaviour can not be understood by simply looking at the relationship between inputs and outputs . |