Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [adv prt] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ’ . |
| 2 | tossing us out at the wall . |
| 3 | He 's fitting you in at the end of all his appointments . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | She was confused , one of her friends was picking her up at the studios that afternoon , not M. Apéritif , but a doe-eyed Persian who was — he said — training to be an engineer . |
| 6 | Her cool hands slid up under my jacket , plucking at my shirt , pulling it out at the waist . |
| 7 | They tug at their hair , pulling it out at the roots , roll around the floor and bang their heads against the wall . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 13 | Well you see , you actually see tho them little punks collecting them up at the end of the night do n't you ? |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | And who is that whooping it up at the bar with a glass in his hand ? |
| 17 | ‘ They 're certainly tearing things down and putting them up at the moment . |
| 18 | I mean , they 're , they 're , actually , they 're creaming it off at the moment . |
| 19 | Jesus , he 's sucking in air at the back and wuffing it out at the front . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | They 're trying me out at the school Phil goes to — to see if I can manage . |
| 22 | He had made his right hand into a fist and was jabbing it up at the sky , feinting in the direction of the falling missile . |