Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [art] [noun pl] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wished Beuno was there , standing by the stream and gazing through the alders at the flower-printed meadow . |
| 2 | Robert could just make out a thin line of boys struggling through the trees at the edge of the horizon . |
| 3 | Walking through the woods at the back of Westfield Manor , Patrick brought him up to date on the burglar who had committed murder to get hold of a packet of letters , and the macabre business of the switched bodies . |
| 4 | British case at least , the problem of national or ethnic difference was masked for a long period by development occurring in the peripheries at the same rate and in similar ways to development in industrial England . |
| 5 | The carnival committee will be checking in the competitors at the village hall from 9.30 a.m . |
| 6 | He adopted a number of names and deserted , returning to the colours at the outbreak of the Second World War and obtaining a commission in the name of Melville-Hill . |
| 7 | But with programmes like The Tube , The Media Show and Walkie Talkie behind her , Muriel Gray is now co-presenter with Jimmy Mulville of a new Channel 4 series Just for Laughs , looking behind the scenes at the Montreal Comedy festival . |
| 8 | Looking behind the scenes at the organisation of this annual event , the video explains the history of the Popular Flying Association . |
| 9 | He marvelled at the girl 's patience as her charge ran hither and thither , collecting shells and seaweed , splashing in the waves at the water 's edge , letting out little shrieks of excitement and then relapsing into relative quietness when food and drink were produced out of a knapsack . |
| 10 | Several transplants have been tried before , but this is the first time they have continued to function for a long period , according to the researchers at the University of Alberta , in Edmonton . |
| 11 | The shorter men were more at risk because they had less efficient lung function compared with the taller men , according to the researchers at The Royal Free Hospital , north London . |
| 12 | Then she was marching swiftly past the reception desk , heading for the lifts at the back of the hall . |
| 13 | Loretta was paying for the tickets at the cash desk when she felt a hand on her shoulder . |
| 14 | So I mean , we 're just going through the motions at the moment , I mean , quite hone |
| 15 | The phone call finished , Jack Stone buttoned up his heavy jacket and stood in the darkened box , for a moment , peering through the windows at the desolate streets around him . |
| 16 | Peering through the cobwebs at the stable clock , Umberto realized he should have been up an hour ago . |
| 17 | She cocked her head towards the hall , and Ray Doyle led the way into the lounge , where Jack Stone stood by the window , peering round the curtains at the street outside . |
| 18 | Welcome back : One of Britain 's best loved racehorses , Desert Orchid has been pulling in the crowds at the Three Counties Show . |
| 19 | He went back to the oven and poured the remains of the Hun tun into the bowl , spooning it down quickly , then took bowls and basin outside , locking the door behind him , going to the washrooms at the far end of the corridor . |
| 20 | Barrymore , the butler , and his wife were waiting on the steps at the main entrance . |
| 21 | This is because we will commence knitting with the carriages at the right and be knitting the first row of background colour to the left . |
| 22 | Occasionally we encountered a bus or truck hurtling down towards us , slamming on the brakes at the last minute to edge past us with inches to spare . |
| 23 | By this time the youngest member of the family , an eight-year-old boy , had got out of bed and was clinging to the bannisters at the bottom of the stairs . |
| 24 | Several needed help from lifeboat crews , who say they should have been involved in the safety planning of the event , and man found clinging to the moorings at the Woodside landing stage and was taken to hospital . |
| 25 | On to Number 135 — meat and poultry hanging from the rods at the back of the shop that looked so delicious Charlie almost forgot there was a food shortage . |
| 26 | Two of the most exclusive beers in the world are drawing in the drinkers at the only pub where they 're sold . |
| 27 | She was tucking in the sheets at the wall side , and blowing the hair out of her eyes as she reached over . |
| 28 | It had taken almost half an hour to reach his office along streets jammed with tourist coaches , the Americans inside staring through the windows at the neon Tel Aviv highway sign that glowed through the drizzle . |
| 29 | Sleeping in the shade , waking up staring through the leaves at the cobalt blue sky , thinking how impossible things were to paint , how can some blue pigment ever mean the living blue light of the sky ? |
| 30 | For the first time in his life , Peter found her pitiful , a tiny figure who had made a cage of her routines and spent her life staring through the bars at the glorious unpredictability of the world outside . |