Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [verb] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stopped walking and looked at the scrubland now directly in front of them . |
| 2 | Bobbing and bobbing at the well-wall |
| 3 | They could hear Oliver banging and kicking at the cellar door . |
| 4 | But what struck like an ice-cold knife into Owen 's heart was the group of six or seven men standing in the middle of the road , between him and the fire , laughing and jeering at the villagers ' puny efforts to save their homes . |
| 5 | For laughing and singing at a funeral her husband gave her a reproving tap , and she had to return to her home in the lake . |
| 6 | Eyewitnesses indicate that ‘ the couple spent three hours laughing and cuddling at a Melbourne nightclub . ’ |
| 7 | A small boy in pyjamas put down the basket he was weaving and looked at the face for a second or two , then turned back to his basket . |
| 8 | Quiss clawed at the wall , tearing the faded , yellowing books away from it , throwing them behind him like a dog digging a hole in the sand , bellowing incoherently and tearing and swiping at the wall , baring the green-black slate beneath as the torn , ripped pages fluttered away behind him falling to the grimy glass floor like some flat , grubby snow . |
| 9 | However , each limb can now attack , clawing or kicking at the adventurers . |
| 10 | He was groaning and clawing at the pillow . |
| 11 | But certainly he 'll be pushing and pushing at the front there and making runs to get in the back all night I 'm I 'm certain of that . |
| 12 | The pattern consisted of repetitive peristaltic contractions in the body of the oesophagus not related to swallowing and occurring at a rhythm of four to eight contractions per minute and lasting for periods of two to eight minutes . |
| 13 | A good luncheon or supper dish — and very decorative looking when cut at the table , into the cross-slices of which Elizabeth Raffald notes that " the skin makes them look ribbed " . |
| 14 | There was fluid in my lungs , rattling and wheezing at every breath . |
| 15 | Current Department of Agriculture inspection methods — feeling , smelling and looking at the food — were judged inappropriate as , in the case of fish , they can not not detect the toxins . |
| 16 | A tale of when Saltash was a busy riverside fishing town and , so it was said , Saltash lads and maidens were noted everywhere for their smart trick of turning their hand to everything , including fishing , gardening , boat building , oyster dredging and pulling at the regatta for prizes , is that of boatswain 's mate Charles Hoskins and his sweetheart , Bessie Lee . |
| 17 | He could imagine her posed , mouth moistly open , hips jutting and staring at the cameras with that apparently obligatory look of arrogant resentment . |
| 18 | To be fair to be fair to him I think that he would erm he 's set his heart on going and working at the lawn mower place on the production line |
| 19 | They found a pocket of spring/summer oscillation and camped overnight there , conscious that just yards away a biting winter was flaring and dying , the trees sprouting , then blackening again , as if the buds were tiny creatures , grasping and snatching at the light , then quickly tugging back into their wood-bark holes . |
| 20 | Alexei signalled to one of the engine tenders , and the man fiddled with the levers so that the rods rising and falling at the top of the funnel slowed jerkily and then stopped . |
| 21 | But if the profit was earned by the exploitation of property assets as by letting property , lending money or dealing in commodities or securities by buying and reselling at a profit , the profit will have arisen in or derived from the place where the property was let , the money was lent or the contracts of purchase and sale were effected . |
| 22 | In a recent case , section 54(13) of the Metropolitan Police Act 1839 was used successfully against two men who were kissing and cuddling at a bus stop in Oxford Street at 1.55 a.m . |
| 23 | I have enjoyed reading ZZAP ! since early 1987 ( issue 25 ) and have seen many Editors come and go ( I do n't know whether I 'm coming or going at the moment — Ed ) . |
| 24 | Mossop , faithful both to preference and history , remained in the car whilst Harry walked up the front path , trying to ignore the ravenous alsatian growling and tearing at the neighbour 's fence . |
| 25 | But erm the idea is have this up and running and look at the problems . |
| 26 | On behalf of Nether Wyresdale Parish Council I wish to register an objection to the application for an entertainment licence for music , dancing and singing at the Priory Restaurant , Scorton . |
| 27 | Shelley started sorting the patients ' cards into order , and wonderered why she felt a little hurt at the thought of Victoria coming and going at the Casa Madrid . |
| 28 | Well , she went , like balling and shouting at the top of her voice , I mean , she talks to Terry like shit . |
| 29 | Sooner , rather than later , and generally after a few stiff drams , Joicey would break into the Gaelic , roaring and shouting at the top of his voice : ‘ Man to man it was in those days . |
| 30 | Both groups trained to attend to the sounds of words were significantly better at reading and spelling at the end of the study than the untrained group . |