Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [adv] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now empty , decay and neglect are slowly eating away at the building 's fabric . |
| 2 | So much happening here at the moment as the ball was followed up by David he looked at the referee as er challenge him for the er shove inside the penalty area but the referee was unimpressed by that , Blackburn have already got one penalty here tonight from which they 've scored , Shrewsbury have scored from a penalty too and it 's the third division side still in the lead here by three goals to two . |
| 3 | ‘ We 've decided to go on living here at the farm with Poppa , ’ she was saying . |
| 4 | No doubt my loved ones are already laughing heartily at the thought that I could have anything useful to say to a secretary of state , and two years ago I too would have discounted the idea that a politically damp , small ‘ c ’ conservative would ever be in a position to offer advice on competition and free markets to a Tory government . |
| 5 | ‘ We 're not living apart at the moment , ’ he reminded her . |
| 6 | These include excessive pallor or flushing of skin ; rapid , darting eye movements ; perspiration ; tremor of hands ; rigid posture ; aggressive manner ; excessive and/or irrelevant talking , and not looking directly at the person being spoken to . |
| 7 | She 's not going anywhere at the moment . |
| 8 | ‘ Country properties were not selling well at the time . |
| 9 | Instead of the fairway he found the edge of the rough several times , and his irons were not flying straight at the flag . |
| 10 | My apologies for not saying so at the beginning . |
| 11 | I 'm , I 'm just saying there at the minute and , and if you 'd like to argue no , we can control the sub-contractor sometimes , then fine . |
| 12 | Erm , in we were not sitting here at the end of our , how many years is it now , thirteen , fourteen years . |
| 13 | We were not playing well at the start and many of my players were tired after Great Britain 's tour in the summer . |
| 14 | But I mean I 'm just speculating here at the moment . |
| 15 | I understand that the signalling and axle counter system , which is used to detect the location of trains in the tunnel , was not working normally at the time . |
| 16 | Connon was standing a little apart from them , still looking across at the superintendent 's table . |
| 17 | When he arrived at the shop , Oliver was still kicking wildly at the cellar door . |
| 18 | Fabia was still staring witlessly at the door after he had quietly closed it behind him . |
| 19 | At press time Sun was still chipping away at the price of the Tsunami Classic , so named because Sun expects it to become the standard by which all others are judged . |
| 20 | It 'd got to the stage where the workforce were not gon na talk to the management on a an official level , you know we were still talking informally at the picket line and , you know still trying to be helpful and offer our advice on what could be done to solve the dispute . |
| 21 | Still rubbing away at the counter , Maggie had to resist the desire to turn round and bring the wet cloth across the beautiful face to the side of her . |
| 22 | The Ouse takes a slow and meandering course eastwards ending eventually at the Wash . |
| 23 | It had a tube coming out pointing directly at the target . |
| 24 | The shop bell had tinkled frequently for the past hour , most of the customers having been the ha'penny and penny ones , some of whom were now standing outside at the shop window oohing and aahing at the Christmas goodies displayed there , all entwined with coloured streamers and illuminated by the two gas lamps attached to the side wall of the shop and plopping inside their pretty pink glass globes , while casting a rosy light overall , even over the small faces pressed against the window . |
| 25 | He hesitated for a moment as to what to do ; then looking again at the woman at the table , who was now smiling at him , he sat down in the chair , and for the next ten minutes he listened to the banter between the two of them . |
| 26 | Even her brothers were kind , though embarrassed and Clara , as she sat there picking endlessly at the fringe of the tablecloth , had a vision of some other world where violent emotion could be a thing of beauty , where even tears could be admitted and not ignored , where good taste in tomb stones consisted not in cheap restrained economy of design , fabric , and word , but of marble angels wildly grieving . |
| 27 | I tell you , there 's one old cripple , ugly old bird — more chins than a Chinese telephone directory — sits there nodding away at the testcard when it 's on , does n't notice . |
| 28 | For example , holding the breath during the execution of a move and then exhaling sharply at the moment of contact can concentrate power and increase speed . |
| 29 | Crystal Palace v Luton Palace are again leaking badly at the back , hence the attempt to sign Martyn , Bristol Rovers ' highly regarded young goalkeeper . |
| 30 | In the 690s Aethelred granted land in Hwiccian territory to Oftfor , bishop of Worcester , seemingly without reference to any local prince ( CS 76 : S 76 ; CS 75 : S 77 ) ; Aethelbald was certainly doing so at the beginning of his reign in 716–7 ( CS 137 : S 102 ) . |