Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun] [adv] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I turned with burnished wings to face the wicked young mother , accusing words already at the roof of my mouth . |
| 2 | So when I 'm seeing clients mainly at the end of a , of a three year , fixed-rate deposit , again at five years when we get a National Savings maturing , and so on and so forth . |
| 3 | Women may have problems keeping weight down at the time of the menopause and after , and men and businesswomen have their own difficulties if their work involves a good deal of sitting at a desk or car wheel , and giving or receiving hospitality lunches . |
| 4 | To observe searching behaviour solely at the catalogue may provide a distorted picture of the task in hand . |
| 5 | Try to avoid peak moving periods ie at the end of the month or week , particularly Saturdays , and during school holidays . |
| 6 | Unaware of Harry 's plans for her , Alice was getting into a taxi with Jules , who , after a long , tiring day getting things straight at the salon , had decided they both deserved a really good meal . |
| 7 | He had some chores to do now , before facing Cowley back at the office . |
| 8 | The only reason that I 'm enjoying Neighbours again at the moment is that I have n't seen it for month and I 'm trying to work out which characters have changed , which characters are getting married to which other ones . |
| 9 | He himself had founded this in honour of St Thomas of Canterbury , at whose tomb Henry II was doing penance just at the time of William 's capture at Alnwick . |
| 10 | Through its power and internal efficiency the City distorted the application of resources by channelling capital overseas at the expense of the domestic economy . |
| 11 | No doubt you have the proper facilities for taking statements down at the station . ’ |
| 12 | This family carries out its child rearing and educating functions inevitably at the expense of career opportunities for women . |
| 13 | Putting science next to godliness goes hand in hand with rolling back the Copernican revolution and putting Man back at the centre of the universe , a reactionary project that makes the New Right look like tinkerers . |
| 14 | ‘ A tiny electrical charge which in turn produces a signal that can be picked up by monitoring equipment here at the prison . |
| 15 | They dived from Kingsdale Master Cave to Keld Head , a distance of 1829 metres , setting Kingsdale firmly at the head of the world map . |
| 16 | Fenella was watching the giants , feeling cold inside at the way in which they all kept glancing slyly in her direction . |