Example sentences of "[is] [v-ing] [noun] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yes , he had a very good record in England but I feel hi is sacrificing skill at the expense of power — or brute force if one is to be honest about it . ’ |
| 2 | JEALOUS Jerry Hall is quizzing staff at the chateau Mick Jagger bought for her — about claims he spent secret nights there with Carla Bruni . |
| 3 | The not-so-dour Scot knows it will be a unique experience for him to take the visitor 's dressing room at the citadel where his deeds as player and manager became legend — as did his departure . |
| 4 | The ASB is conducting research at the moment into whether a permanent diminution could be measured , a solution Mr Garner says he could ‘ live with' , but if that can not be successfully implemented , he hopes that TI 's method will be the one companies fall back on . |
| 5 | JUSTIN FASHANU , player and assistant manager of Third Division Torquay , is quitting football at the end of the season to concentrate on a career in broadcasting . |
| 6 | The fact that Oslear has been stripped of his position as the umpires ' boss at their annual meeting , means that Palmer , Hampshire and the England team now fear Allan Lamb 's sensational Daily Mirror revelations may never be backed by cricket 's dithering chiefs at the Test and County Cricket Board . |
| 7 | They are displayed with a large fresco and the exhibition coincides with a survey of Cinalli 's recent work , emphasising his large pastel drawings on tissue paper , which is taking place at the Accademia Italiana ( 16 February-14 March ) and will then be shown in Argentina , Spain , Sweden and Russia . |
| 8 | FROM the birth of radio astronomy in 1932 , when Jansky discovered cosmic radio waves and established that they come from the Galactic Centre , it has been clear that something very remarkable is taking place at the core of the Milky Way . |
| 9 | Should an order for meals need to be altered , or an error be discovered , while unloading is taking place at the plane , the driver of the vehicle supplying the meals can simply radio back to base and within minutes the problem is resolved . |
| 10 | Well , the non recurrence of Gulf War in the first half is pretty well balanced by the recession that is taking place at the moment and is er , showing as we all know , little signs of lifting . |
| 11 | Unusually , the wedding is taking place at the groom 's home rather than that of the bride , whose mother lives in a sizeable mansion outside Newmarket . |
| 12 | Miserably aware that the evening had lurched off to a regrettable start , Shannon fell into step beside him , irritated still further when she caught the receptionist 's knowing smirk at the sight of them walking out together . |
| 13 | Erm , gorilla is throwing bananas at the gorilla and you have to get that traj je trajectory right . |
| 14 | The Texan is spitting bile at the president . |
| 15 | Lord Huntingdon is loading supplies at the appeal offices in Godstone , Surrey , this morning and is due to arrive in Bosnia on Boxing Day . |
| 16 | A new Arts Centre is nearing completion at the South Entrance . |