Example sentences of "[adj] [v-ing] at the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Actually it must be quite interesting looking at the development of language as time goes on . |
| 2 | The Draft provides for the service of documents required for the purpose of a civil proceeding at the request of a tribunal ( defined to include courts , and administrative agencies engaged in the exercise of judicial or quasi-judicial functions ) of the state of origin . |
| 3 | This was a time of very rapid warming at the end of a little ice age and if we can understand how the climate changed at this time , we 're much better able to predict future climatic perturbations as the earth warms up due to the addition of greenhouse gases . |
| 4 | He was sitting still looking at the book with an Art-Is Wonderful air about him ( for my benefit , not because he believes it , of course ) . |
| 5 | It was all very well picking at the past like this if it helped to exorcise the demons , but he was n't sure that was what William wanted . |
| 6 | Roland felt a strange pricking at the base of his neck . |