Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] at [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A loud banging at the front door stopped both of them in their tracks . |
| 2 | He was cut short by a loud knocking at the front door . |
| 3 | Merely looking at the final stage of supply can obscure the full range of options open to a particular firm in its choice of serving foreign markets . |
| 4 | One of the most important areas of credit management is risk assessment , not only looking at the individual customer companies concerned , but also at the current financial background in which they operate . |
| 5 | It should be a condition , for anyone thinking about development to resist trying to infer how a structure develops by only looking at the final result . |
| 6 | John Heminges said they were dark , cruel plays , and that Will was only looking at the black side of people . |
| 7 | ‘ But in these hard times , cars are only selling at the right price . |
| 8 | Here is this man , never previously seen doing his public duty , always seen merely roaring at the Labour Party or being interviewed like any tuppeny-ha'penny minister , now occupying the despatch-box which is the only site that gives credibility to his claim to be a prime-minister-in-waiting . |
| 9 | Erm you 're just looking at a little bit that 's new and you 're forgetting about the old stuff . |
| 10 | We 'll just looking at the big book together do you want to come and join us ? |
| 11 | The Financial Times of Feb. 28 commented that the move was likely to add to inflation , already running at an annual rate in excess of 100 per cent . |
| 12 | Maggie met and talked to others she knew before finally arriving at the Commemorative Hall . |
| 13 | By that stage I was already working at the Canadian Embassy , and I let the staff buy some of the pictures from me , but again it was very cheaply . |
| 14 | It was clear from the work done then that , even after a full year , major changes in unemployment , self-employment , and employment taken up and ended within the group , were still occurring at a high rate . |
| 15 | Still fuming at the insensitive arrogance of the man she turned and left the office . |
| 16 | Cardiff looked up then at the Constable , still dabbing at a fresh nosebleed with his now-crimson handkerchief . |
| 17 | Durance was still looking at the painted woman stepping from the shadow . |
| 18 | Midwinter was still looking at the revolting hand . |
| 19 | This will considerably help cash Mow problems for new haulage firms and hauliers still operating at a modest turnover . |
| 20 | She 's divorced , but she has n't emigrated or defected — she 's still a Fellow of Somerville , and still living at a solid address in North Oxford . |
| 21 | Now , once more looking at the small boy , she said briskly , ‘ Come , make up your mind quick , Bobbie ; I know you 've bought a shipping order tonight but there 's this lady and gentleman waiting to be served . ’ |
| 22 | The poverty figures are still growing at an alarming rate . ’ |
| 23 | A survey by Hay Management Consultants estimates that boardroom pay in Britain was still rising at an annual rate of 10–14% in the last six months of 1990 , although profits had long been tumbling . |
| 24 | At The Hague , still aiming at the illustrated magazine market , he concentrated on figures in action , and in the process would be distracted by other subjects : by shabby house fronts , factories , drying sheds , parks , churches , refuse dumps , freight yards . |
| 25 | He knew that he was oversensitive to the timbre of the human voice and hers , although not jarring or unpleasant , sounded a little forced as if she were deliberately speaking at an unnatural pitch . |
| 26 | ‘ He would n't speak to you , Gilbert , ’ continued Rohmer , still staring at the shattered window as if willing the lightning to return . |
| 27 | ‘ His eyes are a very nice color , ’ Isobel said , still staring at the sleeping baby . |
| 28 | ‘ Personal development is , we believe of key importance to ensure that motivation is always running at a high level . |
| 29 | There were more horses coming now , less hurriedly than the advance party , but still approaching at a brisk speed from the Cross . |
| 30 | In the last decade magnetic resonance imaging ( MRI ) has become an established diagnostic tool in clinical medicine and improvements in experimental technique and equipment are still continuing at a considerable pace . |