Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] at the [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Vass said his client had lashed out , in a fight outside a pub , not realising at the time that a bottle in his hand was broken . |
| 2 | You 're doing it wrong if you 're not looking at the person that you 're trying to persuade . |
| 3 | One can therefore presume that he was not looking at the landscape as scenery but as habitat . |
| 4 | I think I must be not looking at the list or not reading half the stuff . |
| 5 | Dexter was sure the TV reporter 's motive for leaving the room was more to check the nanny was not listening at the keyhole than a raging thirst . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I regarded it as a very happy accident that I went to U.C.L. to study English , not knowing at the time that I was going to a Department and to a College distinguished for English language studies . |
| 8 | In pursuing their administrative and legislative strategies , the Reaganites were not fiddling at the margin or tinkering with the status quo . |
| 9 | They were both still laughing at the memory when the off sales bell rang . |
| 10 | The speakers have chosen their own topics , based on their own interests and enthusiasms , and it is important that they convey their zest for the subject to an audience , preferably establishing at the outset that the subject deserves the audience 's attention . |
| 11 | She was still looking at the tree when , suddenly , the Cat appeared again . |
| 12 | A year later Sharon was still living at the hostel and had managed to stay clear of drugs . |
| 13 | Pascoe was still grinning at the story as he rang the doorbell of Arthur Evans 's house . |
| 14 | She sat , still staring at the newspaper and slowly a look of understanding came across her face as if the final piece of the jigsaw had just been put into place . |
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| 17 | The Sheffield Wednesday stalwart insisted last night : ‘ I aim to be still playing at the top when the next World Cup qualifying bid starts in three years time . |
| 18 | Several men , navy with gold braid in evidence , turned towards him as Delaney walked over , eyes automatically glancing at the geography and configurations on the plastic : Atlantic , beyond the equator . |
| 19 | He was like as close as that and he was really staring and he was n't staring at the road cos as I went on a few feet he stared at the car again . |
| 20 | I just sat there staring at the bag as it unscrewed itself and the wind took it and blew it up into the air and away . |
| 21 | Except for occasional — rare — meals at a nearby restaurant , they never went out , sending out for meals when they did n't feel like cooking , while Luke no longer even accompanied her to the various work-connected functions she sometimes had to attend at weekends , dealing with business matters of his own or else remaining at the apartment while she was out . |
| 22 | Simple reward charts can be used to reinforce either sitting at the table or finishing a meal for the 3-year-old and older . |
| 23 | I went back to the mother and baby home , for another almost two years , and from there that was I think I said at the beginning , how I actually was introduced to Flats , and it was actually living at the mother and baby home , doing far more work with girls |
| 24 | We 'll call it that for now , no-one 's actually voting at the moment but it , it 's covers the same thing you see . |
| 25 | It was refreshing to hear the audience actually giggling at the humour and the NBT shows that ballet can be fun . |
| 26 | And Queen 's hope that they will be joined by other top quality players who are currently studying at the university but play with other club sides . |