Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] at the [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The main duty of the foresters of fee was of course the safe keeping of vert and venison : the Forest rolls show them searching for , arresting and attaching offenders , and indicting them at the Forest Eyre .
2 He picked up the books one by one , opening them at the title page , watching every movement of her pen as she signed them and commenting on the brilliance of each individual plot .
3 When asked if it was silk he replied ‘ I think it is , ’ obligingly donning it at the cash desk to the delight of watching photographers .
4 I look forward to seeing you at the Exhibition launch at the Advice Shop on the evening of the 13th .
5 He comes over ours at Christmas and he does my head in cos he keeps on kicking me at the dinner table !
6 The plan was to let him ride Dave Leach 's 400cc machine in the first round of the Superteens last weekend and then move on to Moodie 's Yamaha for the Scot is only riding it at the North West and the TT .
7 The record at the LEA level is , as we have seen earlier , not a promising one , since LEAs have been much more effective at producing curriculum policies than at monitoring and implementing them at the school level .
8 So erm I do n't whether or not I s I still do n't think they were ultimately revolutionary , I think they were just erm people who they think were exploiting them at the time sort of erm you know in a certain situation
9 ‘ What are you going to do instead ? ’ asks Phil , chewing up little pieces of graph paper into sodden balls , and flicking them at the laboratory ceiling with a slide-rule to try and make them stick .
10 ‘ Naw , ’ he replied angrily , crumpling up the pools coupon and throwing it at the television set .
11 Everything goes fine until , having chosen the number of blend steps ( or leaving it at the default number ) , I click on OK .
12 The Beatles were courted by leaders of both parties : Harold Wilson won , corralling them at the Variety Club luncheon of 1964 , and ensuring their MBEs for export services — in late 1965 .
13 A loss would give momentum to the idea of dumping him at the party convention in July .
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