Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] at the [noun sg] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was toddling around at the time getting into mischief the way any normal , healthy three-year-old boy does . |
| 2 | ‘ We 've been fortunate , so far , ’ the Governor said , looking down at the man lying in the bed . |
| 3 | Smoking on a train journey , looking out at the countryside whizzing by . |
| 4 | ‘ A case for galoshes , ’ remarked the Substitute , tossing a cigar end out of the jeep and looking around at the steam rising slowly from the wet earth . |
| 5 | Each laugh , observes Howard , looking chiefly at the laughter emerging from himself , is rounded and polished , as if cast in weathered bronze . |
| 6 | There 's a bus pulling up at the stop proclaiming ‘ Lightwater Valley , Soopa Loopa ’ . |
| 7 | Sir John took the goblet and went over to the window , staring out at the sun dazzling the snow on Tower Green . |
| 8 | After handing over a tray to the absorbed , absent man behind the desk , Leonora ate her own sandwich at the kitchen counter , staring mutinously at the sunshine pouring through the window . |
| 9 | She dropped her eyes to the desk , staring unseeingly at the ledger lying on the polished wooden surface . |
| 10 | But even with that clutch of reasons to be glassy-eyed , I 've stayed almost sober for an entire month , sitting miserably at the bar wondering why low-alcohol lager has an after-taste like floor polish , and disturbing old friends with the rapt attention I give to such enquiries as : ‘ Ice and lemon in your tonic water , sir ? ’ |