Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [prep] be [v-ing] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | But his blood seemed to be flowing at twice the normal Speed and he stood carefully , so that he could see the doorway . |
| 2 | Their resentment focused on the way industry seemed to be benefiting at their expense . |
| 3 | Their resentment focused on the way industry seemed to be benefiting at their expense and they blamed the Finance Ministry 's favouritism towards industry for the plight — and the restiveness — of the peasantry . |
| 4 | For example , although Rampton-type surveys suggest that Asian pupils are performing as well as white pupils , there is growing evidence of wide variations in school achievement within the Asian communities : in particular , children of Bangladeshi origin appear to be achieving at much lower levels than other Asian groups ( House of Commons Home Affairs Committee , 1986 ) . |
| 5 | Almost every part of my infuriating body seemed to be nagging at me for some sort of attention . |
| 6 | Witnesses say the rover seemed to be travelling at high speed . |
| 7 | The man whom Sergeant Bird ushered in through the door seemed to be buckling at the knees , and his Adam 's apple jerked furiously in his throat as he swallowed time and again . |
| 8 | But in averting her gaze , she caught a glimpse of two photographs , whose pictured image seemed to be staring at her accusingly — Petula . |
| 9 | The BMA 's Scottish secretary , Dr Vivienne Nathanson , questioned why the drive to improve health appeared to be stopping at Hadrian 's Wall . |
| 10 | The sum , substantially in excess of estimates by the country 's central bank which had recently estimated borrowing to pay for war costs at around $10,000 million [ see also pp. 37987 ; 38166 ; 38212 ] , was expected to cover current expenditure reported to be running at some $20,000 million . |
| 11 | HOWARD Davies , 41 , controller of the Audit Commission , was swiftly presented with an ‘ agenda ’ yesterday after being confirmed as the next director-general of the Confederation of British Industry at a performance-related salary estimated to be starting at £175,000 . |
| 12 | Indeed , this may grossly under-represent the present situation : the rapid spread of UNIX-based systems seems to facilitate competition and , at the time of writing , performance of workstations per unit cost seems to be increasing at about 50 per cent per annum . |
| 13 | A spokesman said the hotel hoped to be operating at 55 per cent occupancy within its first year and up to 70 per cent within three to four years . |
| 14 | Having seen him , she found it impossible to drag her eyes away from him , and her pulse seemed to be racing at twice its normal rate , making a complete nonsense of her breathing control . |