Example sentences of "[v-ing] at the [adj] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | Half seven the Hare and Hounds at Warsop and District Camera Club they 're meeting at the Hare and Hounds pub in Warsop and tonight they have a competition Slides in Action and seven thirty Slimmers Clubs U K are meeting at the Age Concern Centre Street in Beeston and seven thirty as well until eight thirty a mixed ability aerobics class is on in the gymnasium of Rainworth Recreation Centre that 's one fifty there and Joe Walker Zydeco Band direct from Louisiana are appearing at the Old Vic on Fletchergate at Nottingham tonight at half seven six pounds the tickets there four pounds concessions and they 're available on the door . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | They are not necessarily all living at the same level on the shore . |
| 5 | What really drives the case for co-operative R&D ventures is the existence of technological spillovers , and it is , therefore , worth looking at the empirical literature on different methods of appropriation , the determinants of imitation costs and imitation times , and estimates of the size of spillovers . |
| 6 | These histories , it was believed , could be constructed by looking at the available information on primitive peoples , past and present , whether from archaeological remains , from classical accounts of early institutions , such as those given by Tacitus concerning the German tribes of Roman times , or early Greece and Rome themselves , or , most importantly , from the reports of travellers , explorers , colonists and missionaries , describing contemporary primitives . |
| 7 | ‘ Life has changed , Shama , ’ I said looking at the Japanese thermos on the chair by my bed and the round box of Danish biscuits which I had been given ‘ in case you are hungry in the night ’ . |
| 8 | He noticed Willie looking at the black box on the stool . |
| 9 | Standing behind them looking at the steaming urn on the barrow , I felt worse than hungover ; it was a mixture of too little sleep , being hot and unwashed , completely unaware of what was going on , and worst , I was hungry . |
| 10 | looking at the main views on offer about the proper focus of RE and ; 2. setting out a possible rapprochement between these approaches which tries to bring together what is good about them , and add what they all tend to omit . |
| 11 | ‘ Oh , Lord , ’ she said weakly , looking at the blank hostility on the two male faces before her . |
| 12 | Then I tipped the leg and the can over until the leg was lying at the same angle on the grass as it had been , behind Blyth . |
| 13 | I put out my tongue and Frankie did likewise , but before we had got out she said , ‘ You can tell your mother and father that I shall be calling at the usual time on Saturday . |
| 14 | Debriefed in fine detail by Donleavy and DIA agent Neal Miller , largely to see what could be done to patch up a new link with the Asmar network , Coleman was told to keep the video gear pending a resolution of ‘ this goddamn DEA fuck-up ’ and to take charge of Syrian George , who , as it happened , had arrived two days earlier on his J-1 visa and was staying at the International House on the University of Alabama campus . |
| 15 | The place was half empty owing to the weather , and Paul sat alone , staring at the engraved letters on the glass between him and the street . |
| 16 | ‘ The fire exploded , spilling out on to the hearth , licking at the few drops on the floor , and in seconds Dame Frances was a blazing torch and your secret was safe . ’ |
| 17 | Glancing at the revealing pictures on the video boxes , I ask myself : am I really prepared to see a five-months pregnant woman get fucked doggie style ? |
| 18 | Output is allocated among plants so that all are producing at the lowest point on their average cost curves . |
| 19 | That 's a lot to stay in because that 's in the script is n't it , you can say that , because I 'll be ringing at the same time on Thursday . |