Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [v-ing] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She is full of admiration for the care and attention she is receiving at the hospital but is already looking ahead to the time when she is strong enough to go on to a convalescent home . |
| 2 | Murray , from Musselburgh , has returned to Tucson where she is staying at the University of Arizona with a former Musselburgh Grammar PE teacher , Meg Ritchie , the head strength coach there . |
| 3 | ‘ Willi — she is staying at the Goldener Adler with Luiza and Freddi . |
| 4 | I should imagine she is gazing at the floor , pursuing some thought which has escaped sideways from the main line of march , while he gazes almost anywhere but at her . |
| 5 | It is looking at the relationship between share prices and inflation adjusted accounts . |
| 6 | It is raining at the moment and it 's gon na be wet and windy but quite mild for the rest of the day . |
| 7 | So if it is happening at club level you can guarantee it is happening at the top . |
| 8 | It is lagging at the moment but we may be about to see some real performance . |
| 9 | The blade needs replacing at the moment it is snatching at the grass . |
| 10 | Mr Clinton might say in June that he is renewing MFN until 1994 ; that he is looking at the application of other American laws to areas like weapons proliferation and trade abuses ; and that he is starting some ( as yet murky ) process to ensure that the Chinese are discharging their obligations under human-rights treaties . |
| 11 | He is looking at the flowers , but he keeps turning towards the house . |
| 12 | ‘ I have had a long chat with Stephen and told him I know that he is knocking at the door of the full international side , but I would rather he played and helped out in the match at Tannadice than did nothing at Ibrox . ’ |
| 13 | He is sitting at the top of the stairs , sobbing . |
| 14 | He dreams he is sitting at the wheel of his car at the traffic lights , unable to drive off because he ca n't decide whether to kiss Rose when he arrives , or whether to ask her for a cheese and chutney sandwich instead , or where to go for his holidays . |