Example sentences of "[v-ing] at an [adj] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One class , after looking at an old muster roll and hearing how men in their county were called up to fight in the militia , made a cut-out army of 150 cardboard soldiers . |
| 2 | An Indian lady from India sits in reception looking at an Indian film magazine and listening to Indian music . |
| 3 | Mr Smyth was speaking at an economic review seminar in Belfast organised by the Confederation of British Industry and First Trust Bank . |
| 4 | Rod Richards , the Tory MP for Clwyd North West , was speaking at an impromptu Press conference called during a constituency surgery at Rhyl which had been picketed by a small group of demonstrators objecting to his stance over the issue of pit closures . |
| 5 | Rod Richards , the Tory Member for Clwyd North West , was speaking at an impromptu Press conference called during a constituency surgery at Rhyl which had been picketed by a small group of demonstrators objecting to his stance over the issue of pit closures . |
| 6 | ‘ Operation Desert Shield ’ , said Brooklyn Congressman Major Owens , speaking at an anti-war press conference one week before the first US bombs rained on Baghdad , ‘ is Bush 's way of shielding public attention from the monstrous thefts in the S&Ls ( Savings & Loan Assocs. ) ; from crumbling bridges , roads and subways ; from deteriorating education and healthcare systems ; and from the growing number of people forced to live and beg on city streets . ’ |
| 7 | On Feb. 7 , 1990 , some 300,000 gallons of heavy Alaskan crude oil were spilt off the southern California coast when a tanker , American Trader , leased by the British Petroleum Oil Company , USA , was holed while mooring at an offshore pipeline terminal . |
| 8 | And now I must fly , ’ said Mrs Dare , glancing at an ancient silver watch . |
| 9 | He lumped together housing benefit , income support and unemployment benefit , arriving at an average benefit entitlement over the summer recess of £327 . |
| 10 | Continuing on the subject of getting involved , the committee are always delighted to hear from anyone wishing to help in any way ( half an hour once a year on a stall or helping at an open coffee morning would be tremendous ) . |