Example sentences of "[v-ing] at [art] [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Passing the township , both brakes jammed on , I slither and judder down the newly regravelled surface , hoping for something to pass and pick me up , but also marvelling at the open splendour of the valley scenery which surprises me afresh every time I look . |
| 2 | Still fuming at the insensitive arrogance of the man she turned and left the office . |
| 3 | A faint smile crossed Lancaster 's face , as though he was laughing at a cruel joke in dubious taste . |
| 4 | Everybody reacted as one , condemning this nonsense and laughing at the bare-faced cheek of it . |
| 5 | Was he laughing at the absurd idea of being an old fogey ? |
| 6 | The sky clears in the childbirth sequence because of Shatov 's sublime murmurings about the arrival of a new human being , but also because the midwife has her sleeves rolled up , because she is attacking a difficult and strenuous professional job , organizing essentials , masterminding the whole exercise , scolding Marie Shatov who allowed Shatov to get between her and the family in which she was a governess ‘ with the egotistical object of marrying you , laughing at the distraught husband on his knees unable either to bear the sound or block his ears before the birth ; and when all is tidied up , ‘ after some pleasant–es about ‘ the happy couple' ’ which were not without a touch of contempt and superciliousness , she went away as well satisfied as before . ’ |
| 7 | General ‘ political economy ’ explanations must be correct in locating such developments within complex shifts in the production process , industrial infrastructure , and labour force requirements occurring at a particular stage of advanced industrialization — though much work needs to be done to define these shifts more precisely . |
| 8 | The method of carbon dating is based on the assumption that these two reactions have been occurring at a constant rate for the past 15000 years . |
| 9 | In Keynesian economics , this increase in aggregate demand occurring at an initial state of full employment will simply raise prices : there will be no output response even in the short run . |
| 10 | The different frequencies of light are what the human eye sees as different colors , with the lowest frequencies appearing at the red end of the spectrum and the highest frequencies at the blue end . |
| 11 | Finubar departs for the Old World , landing at the Bretonnian port of L'Anguille . |
| 12 | It was the third day after she had dressed , gone out , without wearing her underclothes , into her car , driving on the main road through Tadley , driving all the way to Kingsclere , knocking at the front door of the home of a woman who was almost a stranger , going into a house that she hardly knew . |
| 13 | Herman , whom Erika had already been keeping at a safe distance from her feet , backed away . |
| 14 | Cultivation extends to about 600m , ending at a lower level on the colder north side of the island . |
| 15 | It covers the upper part of the body and consists of bands of semicircular scales all pointing upwards , ending at the lower edge in a belt from which hangs a broad piece of pleated cloth . |
| 16 | ‘ She could write a little essay on any subject , exactly a slate long , beginning at the left-hand top of one side and ending at the right-hand bottom of the other , and the essay should be strictly according to rule . ’ |
| 17 | Tell the candidate what is happening at the next stage in the selection and/or the date when you will be letting people know your decision . |
| 18 | This miraculous event caused Massaccio immediately to repent his past life , and he became a Benedictine monk , dying at a great age with the reputation of having led a saintly life in his chosen monastery . |
| 19 | With the basket of stocks trading at a combined price of £12.70 yesterday , the puts , exercisable at a strike price of £14.09 and initially costing 117p apiece , carried a mid-price of 203p . |
| 20 | Along with the rest of the property sector , British Land 's shares have been trading at a considerable discount to its assets per share , and yesterday 's move is an attempt to close the 40 per cent gap which built up as institutions took a dimmer view of the market . |
| 21 | That did not prevent Somerset Maugham , in the sanctuary of a villa in the south of France , from shuddering at the private fantasy of a shaggy-haired mob seizing sudden sway in literary London — an effect , as he imagined , of the welfare state ; and he was certain that their social origins were unprecedentedly humble . |
| 22 | Stretched out on a bed was Chuck Riley , with a girl dabbing at a nasty bruise on his forehead . |
| 23 | Cardiff looked up then at the Constable , still dabbing at a fresh nosebleed with his now-crimson handkerchief . |
| 24 | He found himself walking at a steady pace towards those meaty shoulders . |
| 25 | He threw himself forward , startling the beasts that were tearing at the prostrate girl on the ground , and arced his sword round with manic strength , tearing the blade through two of them with one swing . |
| 26 | The jockey merry-go-round kept whirring at a fierce pace as Adrian Maguire , who rode Cool Ground to win the Gold Cup , joined the rapidly-growing casualty list at Liverpool after falling with Sibton Abbey in the Perrier Jouet Handicap Chase . |
| 27 | Could fragrance be vibrating at a similar frequency to that of spirit ? |
| 28 | So his lack of faith was not a matter of failing to straddle an impossible credibility gap , but of baulking at a simple step of trust on the evidence of inescapable reasons . |
| 29 | This new , familiar girl fussed around the table , patting at the rotting food as if plumping a baby 's eiderdown , waiting , waiting , waiting for the guests to arrive . |
| 30 | Leonora was silent , frowning at the passing countryside in deep preoccupation . |