Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] at the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not know whether the pattern which we see in this country — of significant differences between girls and boys appearing only at the higher levels of achievement — would also apply to the SIMS data . |
| 2 | She was looking down at the two children , her face animated as she turned the page of the book on her lap . |
| 3 | I stand up there in the pulpit every Sunday mornin' looking down at the upturned faces searchin' for yours , but in vain . |
| 4 | Jess shivered , looking down at the upturned faces that stared at her with idle curiosity . |
| 5 | She drew away to the balcony over the lobby , feeling incapable , looking down at the bawling men in dinner jackets far below and the women with stiff hair . |
| 6 | ‘ That 's him , ’ said Sergeant Comstock , looking down at the slow rivulets of storm-water trickling down out of clothing and hair to wind their way thankfully through the grass back to the river . |
| 7 | Tabitha Jute stood , swaying slightly , at the window of Marco Metz 's penthouse flat , looking down at the determined remnants of the Schiaparelli carnival . |
| 8 | ‘ What the hell has Marissa got to do with any of this ? ’ he demanded brusquely , frowning down at the flushed cheeks of the girl sitting on the sofa . |
| 9 | While much of the UK is looking gloomily at the dark clouds of a major recession , it seems poetic justice that for at least some of Belfast 's population , the future looks better than it has for many years . |
| 10 | Emily turned and walked up the wide staircase , looking painfully at the bare walls where paintings of her ancestors had hung for generations . |
| 11 | I 'm looking outside at the lovely trees changing the colour . |
| 12 | Instead of looking carefully at the specific conditions in which particular women live , we are frequently tempted to appeal to some common denominator of female experience ( domesticity and motherhood are the commonest choices ) that is false to the facts of many women 's experience and — to the degree that we wish to eliminate such common denominators — politically counterproductive as well . |
| 13 | Papers are not necessarily priced according to their surfaces , Rough , Not or HP and it is worth looking carefully at the various makes and their qualities , as two papers may have similar characteristics but be quite different in price . |
| 14 | She shivered as she thought of the creature who might even now be stalking the velvet blackness outside , looking up at the lighted windows , deciding whether or not to break in . |
| 15 | He was kneeling by a pool , looking up at the towering trees that surrounded him — quiet , intent , somehow unsurprised . |
| 16 | She had seen him in the little town so immersed in looking up at the old buildings , that he ran into a lamppost . |
| 17 | You could see the prisoners looking back at the two bodies in the centre of the carnage ; there was a lot of blood now , spreading in pools . |
| 18 | Looking now at the actual differences in digestion between the different predator species , they can be divided into a number of categories as was done for the molars . |
| 19 | I was on my third cup of coffee and looking around at the other coolies when I saw a familiar blue overcoat coming through the door from the street . |
| 20 | ‘ Poor things , ’ I thought , looking around at the other passengers and feeling superior . |
| 21 | I mean if you , you 're the burglar now and you 're planning to break in a house , and you 're looking around at the different houses and you 're trying to , one of the many things you 're trying to do is to establish whether they 're in or out . |
| 22 | It has expanded into Africa , Hong Kong and New Zealand , and it is looking closely at the early moves towards privatisation of British Rail . |
| 23 | The Clinton administration is said to be looking again at the tangible objectives underlying the federal government 's support for research ( see page 776 ) , while the British government , in the shape of the Department of Trade and Industry , is seeking a more direct ( if a more avuncular than the American ) role in fostering industrial competitiveness . |
| 24 | Whatever your situation , whether you are planning a change of direction or simply looking forward at the various opportunities open to you , the process of your decision-making is an important element of the choice itself . |
| 25 | Looking specifically at the two areas in Hambledon , erm I would point out a Mr appears to make a distinction between the two areas , now I 'm not sure on what basis Mr does that , or whether he has undertaken some detailed landscape assessment , but I can say that Hambledon has commissioned a detailed landscape appraisal for its district wide local plan , which did n't show a distinction erm generally across that area . |
| 26 | Harris and his colleagues are looking specifically at the charred remains of cereal grains , identifying the different characteristics of wild and cultivated grains . |
| 27 | And in fact prices would seem now to be levelling off somewhat throughout the country , slowing down in the North and levelling off at the current levels in the South . |
| 28 | I was able to meet some of the leading Indian academic figures in English and Linguistics , and at the same time to find out what was going on at the lower levels of teaching in Universities and affiliated Colleges . |
| 29 | " We provide extra food and drink so that your great-grandfather can bring the spirits of other famous patriots and scholars to join our celebration , " her mother had explained in a whisper , and Lan , remembering this , found herself peering apprehensively at the spare chopsticks to see if any of them showed signs of moving . |
| 30 | Kermit-like , he was peering disapprovingly at the massed ranks of his political opponents , a stare that was returned , by those who caught his eye , with surprise tinged with disapproval . |