Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [v-ing] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The easiest uses to come to grips with are exclamations such as ( 1 ) above , because they give a very clear impression of somehow looking at the infinitive event from a position before : they express a desire or longing to realize the infinitive event , so that ( 1 ) might be paraphrased " I would love to be in England … |
| 2 | So get into the habit of really looking at the viewfinder picture as you line up the shot . |
| 3 | ‘ There is a buzz going around that I 'm starting a band , ’ quoth Morrissey and no one could blame his Mancunian counterparts for deliberately yawning at the suggestion . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ For those children who get caught up in totally anti-social behaviour there is no point in just looking at the friendships . |
| 6 | ‘ In 1988 someone would come in and spend £40 per head without even looking at the bill . |
| 7 | Without even looking at the posters which now covered the walls , hiding the crayoned pictures . |
| 8 | He was banging non-stop around the house all day , bellowing ‘ TELEPHONE ’ when everyone could hear it ring , sitting at the piano without even looking at the keys , and making an excruciating racket . |
| 9 | Most of the scriptures we 'll be looking at today is very familiar with us we know them and some of them we may be able to recite without even looking at the words , but er , if we can try and get you to think a little bit about them , then we 've achieved something , if we can get you to think that , you know , well am I dozing or am I really awake as I should be , then we 'll achieve more , in verse eleven it speaks there about er , you people knowing the season , well what people are we talking about ? |
| 10 | ‘ That as a member of a large merchant-banking family , with some ties to the Soviet Union , you will be over there looking at the country with a view to future investment opportunities . |
| 11 | On Feb. 6 the Minister of Tourism , Maj. Mihai Lupoi , was dismissed for allegedly protesting at the transfer of buildings used by his ministry to other bodies . |
| 12 | We can not tell which it was by merely looking at the facts ; we have to ask what his purpose actually was . |
| 13 | Alternatively , a fairly shrewd idea can be obtained by simply looking at the back . |
| 14 | Thus it is an open system rather than a closed one and its behaviour can not be understood by simply looking at the relationship between inputs and outputs . |