Example sentences of "[v-ing] [verb] a [adj] [noun] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ‘ air diaphragm ’ of this port has an area equivalent to that of the midrange cone , thus matching its directional characteristics and helping to provide a seamless transition at the crossover . |
| 2 | In attempting to cross a small stream at the top of a waterfall he lost his footing , slipped and fell to his death . |
| 3 | Both Seve and Irwin played badly in the third round , but you 're never going to do a good score at Lytham when it feels like three degrees below freezing and there 's a gale blowing , are you ? |
| 4 | We are only fifty million people in this country and if you 're going to run a decent-size business at all , you need to be looking at the horizon . |
| 5 | The one o'clock news included a brief statement that a man had been detained early that morning while attempting to board a cross-Channel ferry at Dover and was helping police with their enquiries into the murder of Angelica Caroli , found stabbed in her Gloucestershire home the previous Thursday . |
| 6 | They just found this bomb and they were going to have a controlled explosion at the car park |
| 7 | ‘ If I kept scoring at my present rate I would end up with 40 goals but you know you 're going to have a lean spell at some time . |
| 8 | It always seems appropriate to me to open , if you going to have a National Anthem at all , you should open with it , |
| 9 | I 'm going to have a quick look at the for'ard cabins . |
| 10 | Yes Well I 'm just going to have a little nibble at the end of that . |
| 11 | But this much I must tell you — ’ He looked around the chamber , as if expecting to see a silent listener at every corner . |
| 12 | BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE : England 's Under-21 goalkeeper David James is aiming to become a permanent fixture at Anfield |
| 13 | Brough Park 's leading performer of late , Burnhope Jimmy , will be strongly fancied to win the Long March Stayers Stakes , over 670 metres , having won a similar event at Middlesbrough earlier in the month . |
| 14 | She came to Queen 's Park about 11 years ago , having had a long association at Findlay Memorial Tabernacle . |
| 15 | Such a consideration raises the prospect of having to run a surplus budget at the same time as cutting taxes . |
| 16 | The client still operates from the same premises , having negotiated a new lease at the expiry of the old one . |
| 17 | Nor do the majority of umpires when having found a satisfactory distance at which to stand . |
| 18 | He remembers competing at the national championships at Cleethorpes in 1923 , when the water lay only three foot deep above a foot of solid mud , and having to touch a mud-smeared wall at each end . |
| 19 | The Vulcan Bomber ; preparing to take a final bow at this weekend 's Great Warbirds Air Display near Swindon . |
| 20 | A new teaching video challenging negative social practices affecting women 's health and development , Tradition Tradition uses African storytelling , dancing and singing to take a critical look at practices such as female circumcision and other matters relating to women 's health . |
| 21 | His next letter accused Wolfgang of ‘ fecklessness , thoughtlessness and laziness ’ , which his son was quick to rebut , pointing out that he was trying to obtain a permanent post at Mannheim . |
| 22 | The nervous tension of dodging and ducking about a sky crowded with equally dodging and ducking planes , some firing , some looking as if they might fire at any instant , some sheering wildly away to avoid a collision ; and all the time trying to grab a quick shot at a mere point of light : all this brought back the strain of combat , when you were pressed on by the excitement of chasing the enemy , pulled back by the horror of shooting a friend , and periodically shaken with fright by the thought that at any second you might be cut in two . |
| 23 | Woodrow Wilson nearly tore his liver out trying to get a reasonable settlement at Versailles , a settlement that would last , and look what Europe did to him . |
| 24 | Nevertheless , it is still worthwhile trying to take a strategic look at your present and future recruitment needs . |
| 25 | As well as using the grant to provide a new cafe and shop , the association is also planning to stage a new exhibition at Thiepval using the latest state-of-the-art audio-visual technology to tell the Ulstermen 's story . |
| 26 | In the Garden : Planning to beat a leafy retreat at home : In the first of a series for novice gardeners , Anna Pavord stresses the value of careful forethought |
| 27 | Instead of planning to have a stable foothold at each step , you recover from a bad step with the next one you take . |
| 28 | Instead of going out she was planning to spend a quiet evening at home , the first , it seemed , for weeks . |