Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [verb] at a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am looking at a photograph of an adult dunnock , so small in comparison to its monstrous foster-child that it has to perch on its back in order to feed it . |
| 2 | My parents still do n't know what course I am pursuing at a college of education . |
| 3 | ‘ Zack old buddy , I am staring at a fruit-bowl , a big bowl , and you know what ? |
| 4 | I 'm looking at a farmhouse , some sheep and some hills . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ No , I 'm working at a caff in Harwich . ’ |
| 6 | Well , er we 're very lucky that er Oxford 's pretty well covered , yes , we 've , or could do with some more volunteers of course , but we 've got about one hundred and twenty people who 'll be going out in the city , and I was looking at a map this morning and it 's very well covered indeed with purple and yellow lines where we 've actually got people on the ground . |
| 7 | At first glance I thought I was looking at a cross between a gibbon and a goat . |
| 8 | I was looking at a picture of Stapleton 's face . |
| 9 | ‘ I was looking at a muzzle shooting at me and I was quite content . |
| 10 | I was learning at a place where we hired the computer 's time and it was cheaper to get a night run . |
| 11 | As a child I was kept at a distance from her , because of rifts in the family . |
| 12 | White Face materialized out of thin air when I was drinking at a pool . |
| 13 | ‘ I was staying at a hotel , so I rang room service for a raw steak , which arrived with a flower in a vase and a piece of lemon on the side . |
| 14 | Then one day — I 'll always remember — I was staying at a friend 's house and I was sweeping this carpet and I had this vision . |
| 15 | The following night , I was speaking at a transport dinner in London and found myself sitting two or three down from a general . |
| 16 | A few years later , while I was talking at a meeting on educational reform , a local superintendent of schools rose from his seat in the back of the room and , moving to the door , said scornfully , so that many could hear , ‘ Well , back to reality ’ . |
| 17 | ‘ They sent me out to do a match report and while I was sitting at a desk typing it up , Captain Bob appeared in the office , attracted by the presence of television cameras . |
| 18 | A few months later I was sitting at a table opposite three Foreign Office officials . |
| 19 | Suddenly I awoke to the fact that I was staring at a tree on the other side of the road and that this tree was green and delicate . |
| 20 | I was staring at a woman I thought of you . |
| 21 | When I was working at a hospice I followed up bereaved people who it was felt might need some support . |
| 22 | When I was working at a Polytechnic , we were once required to submit the areas of current research interest for storage on central records . |
| 23 | I was working at a hospital in the out-patients ' department recently and when I was leaving at the end of my shift one day , I saw the following message pinned on the notice board , obviously from an extremely irate patient : ‘ Time is a great healer . |
| 24 | As with chariots , when you are firing at a War Wagon with a stone thrower , or any other weapon which has a template to represent its effect , it is possible to hit the horses , the War Wagon , or the crew depending on the position of the template . |
| 25 | ‘ You look at McLaren 's face in the dressing room before a match and you know you are looking at a winner , ’ Roxburgh remarked . |
| 26 | I do think we 've got to bear in mind that when you are looking at a change does it apply to everybody . |
| 27 | You are looking at a woman who has survived Europe , South America and East Africa — entirely without a maid . |
| 28 | Well when , when you are looking at a planning application , Mr Chairman , you can only look at planning matters . |
| 29 | Well the election agent was the man responsible for getting that data through to the , the candidate to say that you 're speaking at a meeting , such and such a night , and another meeting at such and such so keeping the , keeps that candidate on his toes , all the time , during an election campaign until election 's over and then of course er you know what transpires after that I su it 's either |
| 30 | You 're looking at a lady , ’ she added sparkily , ‘ who does n't walk out on a job half done . |