Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [adv] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Now then , ’ he said , crouching under the eave and seating himself comfortably at the foot of his bed , ‘ what 's it all about , eh ? ’ |
| 2 | Once it was dry , Louise styled Kukkay 's hair by twisting it up at the back to create fullness on top while still leaving it curly and ‘ free ’ . |
| 3 | tossing us out at the wall . |
| 4 | He 's fitting you in at the end of all his appointments . ’ |
| 5 | The bell for Compline rang , the time she had set herself for hounding him out at the wicket , into a world he was , perhaps , already beginning to regret surrendering , but which he might have found none too hospitable to a runaway Benedictine novice . |
| 6 | Her cool hands slid up under my jacket , plucking at my shirt , pulling it out at the waist . |
| 7 | I would normally do the PM first thing tomorrow but they are n't expecting me back at the hospital until Monday and the PM room is tied up until the afternoon . |
| 8 | Have they been feeding you well at the hospital ? |
| 9 | We were expecting you down at the Man in the Moon . |
| 10 | However , she realised that these matters would just have to take their course , although she must also remember she did n't have unlimited time at her disposal , because her father would be expecting her back at the office . |
| 11 | Finally she stepped into her chosen dress , zipping it up at the back with practised ease . |
| 12 | As the name suggests , this consists of bouncing the light off reflective surfaces instead of aiming it directly at the subject . |
| 13 | While agreeing broadly with the England manager 's summing-up of the present Brazilian team , the thought did occur that in another footballing era he could have been describing an Italian side — brilliant in breakaways but giving nothing away at the back . |
| 14 | He scuttled ahead of them , bunching himself up at the approach to turnings in case anyone was coming the other way , and skimming over pools of polished moonlight with the feverish agility of a small bat . |
| 15 | Having him there at the beginning was simply a stroke of luck so colossal that Henry 's natural pessimism was trying to turn it into a disaster . |
| 16 | And that 's the way we are approaching it here at the moment . |
| 17 | The question is , first of all , and the question you must be asking yourselves right at the beginning is , ‘ Why face the media , why have anything to do with them , at all ? ’ |
| 18 | It too might be 32-bit , but IBM is n't giving anything away at the moment . |
| 19 | Well you see , you actually see tho them little punks collecting them up at the end of the night do n't you ? |
| 20 | A miserably dull , windy and cold Saturday morning beckoned for the last of my Island days and Ewen very kindly had given up his spare time to run me around the Stornoway locality before dropping me off at the airport . |
| 21 | I got Bunny out of the pub just before chucking-out time and with a bit of persuasion he agreed to take me as far as Hackney , dropping me off at the end of Stuart Street . |
| 22 | And who is that whooping it up at the bar with a glass in his hand ? |
| 23 | KENNETH Branagh brings a lot of folk out in hives and I was scratching myself furiously at the thought of Ken , Em , Stephen , Tony , Hugh and Imelda — plus Em 's distinguished mum Phyllida Law as the faithful retainer — all holed up , chummy as you please , in a country house over the Yuletide hols , quaffing bubbly and beating their breasts . |
| 24 | Not seeing it right at the minute . |
| 25 | ‘ They 're certainly tearing things down and putting them up at the moment . |
| 26 | No you 're not putting them anywhere at the moment . |
| 27 | yeah and erm she was snogging someone else at the time I think |
| 28 | I mean , they 're , they 're , actually , they 're creaming it off at the moment . |
| 29 | Jesus , he 's sucking in air at the back and wuffing it out at the front . |
| 30 | The most common cause of damage when getting the glider out of the trailer and putting it back at the end of the day 's flying is impatience , and the only answer is never to rig without an adequate number of people . |