Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [noun] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I plucked one of the torches from the wall and crouched down , wrinkling my nose at the mild sour odour . |
| 2 | I 'm really , really , really changed dramatically from not eating very much to scoffing my face at every single available opportunity . |
| 3 | Everything I 've said about the training of Dawn might lead you to think it 's just a question of patience and keeping her weight at the right level , but there really is much more to it than that . |
| 4 | Viola Machin , nevertheless , seemed impervious to it : she stood in bosomy grief , in a becoming coat of umber shade , dabbing her eyes at the pathetic bits of the service ; Desmond , in a heavy black coat , managed only an insurance agent 's decorous grief ; and Hilary looked as if cheerfulness might keep breaking through — which would probably , after all , be what Hilda would have liked most . |
| 5 | Maggie was stabbing her finger at the different plates on the table , and her aunt wagged her head and pursed her lips before she said , flatly , ‘ I 'm courting one of the airmen ; he comes to Donald 's farm . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Kick me again , ’ said Georgiades , keeping his voice at the gentle , conversational level , ‘ and I will kick your balls so hard that they will fly out of your backside . ’ |
| 7 | Finally , remember that keeping your weight at a healthy and attractive level will not always be a battle . |
| 8 | If I could show you a way of keeping your premiums at an affordable level but still obtaining the li , the level of life cover that you need to be of to your wife and your family , would , would that be of interest to you ? |
| 9 | It is obvious that Alison has not recovered in any sense , and is just managing to keep out of hospital by maintaining her weight at a low but not life-threatening level . |
| 10 | Bernice and Defries were lying on the floor , edging backwards while firing their blasters at the black-robed androids . |
| 11 | Two more of the creatures hovered around the craft , walking over the wings and flashing their teeth at the hysterical passengers . |
| 12 | Lips compressed into a thin line of tension , she strode along the corridor and into her office , wrinkling her nose at the musty smell of stale air . |
| 13 | But shareholders can still make their investment work for them — by filling their trolleys at the right superstores this weekend . |
| 14 | Mr Patrick McIntyre , a South London publican and former New Scotland Yard detective who wrote a regular crime column for the South London Chronicle , was another who cast doubt on the Hooligan panic , accusing newspapers of being in their ‘ silly season ’ and of taking the matter up merely ‘ as a suitable and sensational means of filling their columns at the present moment ’ . |
| 15 | The women of the other crofts were already at the burn , filling their pails at the freezing cold stream . |
| 16 | Representatives of 11 companies operating at Aberdeen Seafood Park are to spend five days promoting their products at a special exhibition in Aberdeen 's twin city of Clermont Ferrand , near Lyons . |
| 17 | It believes DEC is more than capable of meeting its goals at the top end of the market — in the same way that Hewlett-Packard Co and IBM Corp capitalised on the performance of their respective HP 9000 Series 700 and RS/6000 lines when they were introduced . |
| 18 | It believes DEC is more than capable of meeting its goals at the top end of the market — in the same way that Hewlett-Packard Co and IBM capitalised on the performance of their respective HP 9000 Series 700 and RS/6000 lines when they were introduced . |
| 19 | The leader of the council , Robert Gould , said later he accepted that the 1.5 per cent pay increase was totally unrealistic , but said the unions should be directing their anger at the Conservative Government , which was to blame for the situation . |
| 20 | Presenting his constitution at a huge outdoor rally in Paris on 4 September 1958 , de Gaulle echoed this advice . |
| 21 | It seemed to Charles , waiting his turn at the public telephone box on the corner by his billet , that they were never going to be able to meet again . |
| 22 | Holding their shotguns at the ready , they threaded their way cautiously through the closely packed trees following the thin beams of their torches . |
| 23 | Some of the world 's finest quilt-makers are displaying their work at an annual show . |
| 24 | Pointing her finger at the misplaced moral fervour of the WSPU and the LNA , she claimed that these ‘ dabblers in debauchery ’ had set middle-class women on the rampage against an evil they knew nothing about . |
| 25 | Isay pushed Riven aside and stood holding his staff at the ready as his countrymen approached . |
| 26 | On the other side of the double row of barbed wire a guard was standing still holding his rifle at the ready . |
| 27 | Jacques Devraux followed them , holding his rifle at the ready until he was certain the big animal was dead . |
| 28 | Male model Hay , 22 , only escaped death by moving his head at the critical moment . |
| 29 | The physiotherapist may show you how to practise standing and balancing , with the patient supporting his arms at the correct height , perhaps on a chest of drawers . |
| 30 | Shrugging the receiver between cheek and shoulder places an enormous strain on the sternocleido-mastoid muscles , the prominent bulges on each side of your neck , and the splenius capitis , the muscle that runs up to the base of your skull and stops you wearing your head at a jaunty angle . |