Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] at [pron] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have been particularly hard on Leopold Mozart , who is portrayed as a stern , tyrannical disciplinarian , dragging the little boy and his gifted sister round Europe like a pair of performing monkeys , constantly nagging at his adolescent son , and finally growing old and bitter alone in Salzburg after Wolfgang had left for Vienna and married against his father 's wishes . |
| 2 | So looking at it this way up I mean it 's X equals Y to the fourth plus three and that 's all minus . |
| 3 | ‘ Did I not say , Harry , that I 'd get it from you , and no other ? ’ said Isambard , still laughing at his stricken face . |
| 4 | ‘ You 're sure it is n't catching ? ’ he 'd teased , once more looking at her red face . |
| 5 | Ellie called up the stairs , still wondering at her good fortune . |
| 6 | Average earnings are now rising at their slowest rate since the 1960s . |
| 7 | BUSINESS failures are expected to rise by over a third this year according to figures produced by the credit insurer Trade Indemnity , and are now running at their highest rate since 1985 , writes Jason Nisse . |
| 8 | Without moving or even looking at his new escort , Jimmy said : ‘ If he wants to start a fight in here , I 'm ready to oblige . ’ |
| 9 | When she had watered them she often sat on the ledge , simply staring at their thin greenness and absorbing the peace of the place . |
| 10 | So he swept the paths and repaired the fences and at lunchtime most days would go and sit by himself on the benches , watching the people watching the animals , and sometimes looking at his old friend the golden eagle , who was growing old with him . |
| 11 | Adams had already given notice of intent overnight with his occasional left-arm spin , when Hansie Cronje ( imprudently cutting at his fourth ball ) offered a first Test wicket , and , suitably encouraged , the Jamaican picked up three more in an impressive 21-over spell of slight and turn which restricted the visitors ' lead to 83 . |