Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] at the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stood by the fireplace , gazing despairingly at the mouthpiece of the telephone . |
| 2 | Two respondents indicated that all ordinands in their college have their singing voices assessed during their training , and then receive instruction as necessary , Others offer training in singing only at the request of the ordinand , or the tutor or parish placement supervisor . |
| 3 | To its horror it will find itself slipping and sliding , tumbling down at the mercy of its foes . |
| 4 | I went on my way , gazing anew at the beauties of the course . |
| 5 | Court Four of the Royal Courts of Justice in London was packed with judges and barristers to hear the support lent to Lord Lane , who announced in February that he was stepping down at the age of 73 , 18 months before the compulsory retirement age for judges . |
| 6 | Two days later Horst Teltschik ( CDU ) announced that he would be stepping down at the end of the year as Kohl 's foreign policy adviser at the Chancellery . |
| 7 | Motherwell ‘ keeper Thomson was at full stretch to smother the youngster 's shot which looked like sneaking in at the foot of the post . |
| 8 | ‘ Are you saying what I think you are saying , Caroline ? ’ he croaked thickly , his lidded gaze devastatingly sensual , a trace of incredulity lurking somewhere at the back of his eyes . |
| 9 | She remained very still , marvelling secretly at the strength of his restraining hands . |
| 10 | They dismiss US claims that the war is ‘ going to plan ’ , noting only that the multi-national force is four weeks into a war which shows no likelihood of ending soon at the time of writing . |
| 11 | By the end of the month the French , United Kingdom and United States governments had committed troops to maintain " safe havens " within Iraq , despite the latter 's condemnation , and UN relief agencies confirmed on April 29 that Kurdish refugees who had fled Iraq were returning home at the rate of 20,000 a day . |
| 12 | Expatriates returning home at the end of their tour of duty can expect payment of travel expenses to their homes and hotel accommodation if necessary . |
| 13 | Previous page , gearing up at the foot of the route ( photos Ed Douglas ) . |
| 14 | A RUGBY fan broke her leg after ending up at the bottom of a ruck which spilled over the sideline . |
| 15 | On the academic site , detailed tephrachronology makes it possible to study patterns in the behaviour of volcanoes — the magma erupted from one volcano may become steadily more acid , or it may show cyclical changes , or it may even vary consistently during each eruption , starting off fairly basic and ending up at the close of the eruption much more acid . |
| 16 | Tom opened the sitting-room door and the silence was broken by Sammy as he came bounding out , leaping up at the pair of them barking excitedly . |
| 17 | The remaining three peaks of the west ridge ( Loughshannagh , Carn and Muck ) are not especially exciting , but below the ridge to the east is a broad shelf containing the beautiful little lake of Lough Shannagh and ending abruptly at the top of the Ben Crom cliffs . |
| 18 | ‘ Play your pipe , wife , ’ said the Mason , laughing inordinately at the novelty of having a wife . |
| 19 | The governing body therefore announced further changes in legislation in 1986 which have meant the phasing out of turbocharging completely at the end of the 1988 season . |
| 20 | He had been riding in front of Chuck and his father , watching with admiration the erect , narrow-backed figure of Jacques Devraux jogging easily at the head of the column ; the fierce-eyed Frenchman had quickly made a deep impression on Joseph 's fifteen-year-old mind and he was trying to hold his own shoulders high and square in the same fashion . |
| 21 | ‘ We 've all got to share , ’ she said , as they passed through the swing doors and found themselves looking down at the courtyard of the Museum . |
| 22 | Looking down at the top of Joe 's balding pate , Michael listened to the haunting childish voice and could have cried . |
| 23 | For nearly a minute he said nothing and I had the sense to keep quiet , too , looking down at the top of his head . |
| 24 | Alexei was looking down at the skirts of his coat . |
| 25 | Hal Shepherd stood at the turn of the road , his hands resting lightly on the low stone wall , looking down at the row of cottages and the bay beyond . |
| 26 | Looking down at the reflection of the stars in the still , calm sea below , she said softly , ‘ I 'm glad we came up here . |
| 27 | Again she was silent for a moment or two , looking down at the carpet of tawny beech leaves , debris of the previous autumn , now shimmering in the dappled shafts of light which struggled through the tree canopy . |
| 28 | But now he trod carefully across the carpet to the bed and stood silently looking down at the body of Berowne . |
| 29 | Looking down at the curve of her cheekbone , still wet with tears , he suddenly wanted her , quite overwhelmingly . |
| 30 | The two boys stood looking down at the heaps of feathers . |