Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] at a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reason that you use hot air is to keep that combustion going at a good temperature . |
| 2 | The ILP leadership , feeling it had a mandate from the Easter Conference , made preparations for a Special Conference at which it would make : a recommendation for disaffiliation , and for the re-organisation of the ILP as an independent Socialist Party with a programme aiming at a decisive change from Capitalism to Socialism . |
| 3 | Is that ambition functioning at a high level or is it just a sense of obligation or is it idealism ? |
| 4 | Last night the old campaigner Benn was at an end of election meeting at a local community hall ; tonight there is a post-count tea with sandwiches . |
| 5 | Stretched out on a bed was Chuck Riley , with a girl dabbing at a nasty bruise on his forehead . |
| 6 | The maintenance contract is likely to increase to £5,000 p.a. by the end of 1993/94 , with additional repair costs on non-maintained equipment running at a further £3,000 p.a. ( average 15 repairs ) in the same period . |
| 7 | But afterwards , I found myself in the dim bathroom of my hut staring at a haunted face . |
| 8 | ‘ The answer to both your questions is yes , ’ she told the girl sitting at a long table on the far side of the room . |
| 9 | So all in all an excellent result for Washroom which now looks to be a good stable portfolio increasing at a respectable rate . |
| 10 | ‘ He has n't asked me … ’ she tried prevarication again , but broke off when , his jaw jutting at a tough angle , Naylor took a menacing step towards her . |
| 11 | One can imagine someone in a room looking at a beautiful painting , drinking in the details and the way in which they combine to constitute the lovely whole , and there being nothing beyond this observer and the object of his contemplation . |
| 12 | Let us look at those towns that grew up in the midst of their own open fields , that entered the nineteenth century with their population rising at a phenomenal rate , but were wholly unable to expand their building area to meet this rise in numbers . |
| 13 | My year between school and university was about as creative as the period Terry Waite spent in captivity staring at a concrete wall with only his postcard of John Bunyan for reading matter , but I did spend the first few weeks of it in the typing class of a comprehensive school in Hackney . |
| 14 | They should be assembled " out of the way " at the top of memory ( each routine starting at a known address ) and then PROC_saved . |
| 15 | The commission had proposed a tax starting at a level equivalent to $3 per barrel of oil this year , rising to $10 per barrel by the end of the century . |
| 16 | ‘ Oi already 'ahd 10 on the board boi then , ’ explained the Smallholder , a faint wisp of happy remembrance tugging at a few cheek muscles . |
| 17 | An electric shock US , for instance , is an event occurring at a particular time , with a certain duration and intensity , that impinges on a particular part of the animal , and so on . |
| 18 | When cleaning carpets and tiles always keep the multi-purpose nozzle moving at a steady pace . |
| 19 | To complete our user records , which the EC Directive also obliges us to keep and up-date , could you please , as Horticultural representative on the Computing Sub-Group , co-ordinate a response from AD , GD and HD as to the names of all operators who are estimated to spend at least one hour per day working at a multi-user PC as part of their normal duties ( I 've already got user names for single-user machines ) . |
| 20 | Geoff took up Vet running at a serious level two or three years ago and has forged through the ranks until arriving at the top of the O50s this season . |
| 21 | He was like a dog sniffing at a weak scent , dodging about , uncertain in which direction to go . |
| 22 | It is most unlikely that a mother or father looking at a new-born child will be saying : — ‘ We have here a potential villain , who could , in a few years time be getting a living by robbery , violence or some other criminal activity . |
| 23 | A woman staying at a local hotel returned to find her room ransacked and another motorist had her car broken into . |
| 24 | Ann became a Catholic as an adult and entered the book trade working at a Catholic bookshop in Exeter . |
| 25 | As a gastroenterologist working at a tertiary care centre , I am frequently asked to evaluate patients with faecal incontinence and defaecatory difficulties . |
| 26 | THE RUC are investigating allegations of drug dealing at a leading Belfast grammar school . |
| 27 | At 91 years of age , has just taken up painting water colours and choir singing at a local day centre in his home town of Hull . |
| 28 | Several years ago , I embarked on a course in life drawing at a reputable London college , where the tutor would often make comments such as , ‘ Splash it on , art is purely self-indulgence ! ’ |
| 29 | Several years ago , I embarked on a course in life drawing at a reputable London college , where the tutor would often make comments such as , ‘ Splash it on , art is purely self-indulgence ! ’ |
| 30 | In a brown-panelled room smelling of tobacco they sat on opposite sides of a cold hearth full of cinders , swallowing hot wine and water under the blue eyes of Sergeant Collier , who was looking at them with intent curiosity like a man staring at a two-headed dog in a freak show . |