Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [adv] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Laura gasped breathlessly as he raised his dark head , gazing fondly up at the man she loved so much . |
| 2 | It 's a shame , happening right here at the fête and all . |
| 3 | " Get outside this , " she said , slamming the tin mug of coffee in front of him , and sawing away energetically at the loaf . |
| 4 | However , there are many aspects to the definition of an interface for systems as complex as GIS , and the solutions to this problem are developing extremely rapidly at the time of writing . |
| 5 | So , what can you learn from looking so closely at the actor on stage , TV and cinema ? |
| 6 | He slipped the picture back into the file and closed it , looking once more at the name on the cover : |
| 7 | Before looking any further at the process of migration , it is necessary to ask why it is taking place and , therefore , to examine the motivations of migrants . |
| 8 | But we begin by looking more closely at the problem of externalities . |
| 9 | Looking more closely at the arrangement of the calcite plates the fivefold symmetry is still in evidence — in this group there are five areas of finer plates ( ambulacra ) radiating from the centre . |
| 10 | The subtle effects of centuries of propaganda will not be easily overcome , but we could make a start by looking more honestly at the reality of war and stop being blinded by the glamour . |
| 11 | In the hall one of the walls was given over entirely to a tiled picture of Christ displaying His Sacred Heart ; another depicted the Blessed Virgin being carried upwards to Heaven by a host of angels , and a third was of St Anthony holding a lily and looking tenderly down at the beholder . |
| 12 | I 've been looking very carefully at the door this afternoon . |
| 13 | The question is how do you break into the cycle and make that happen , and I think the answer is , as I said , in two ways — one by making teachers more aware during their period of initial training , either at college or at university or polytechnic , and secondly by looking very carefully at the amount and type of in-service training erm that goes on for teachers once they 've left college and are in the schools . |
| 14 | The question is how do you break into the cycle and make that happen , and I think the answer is , as I said , in two ways — one by making teachers more aware during their period of initial training , either at college or at university or polytechnic , and secondly by looking very carefully at the amount and type of in-service training erm that goes on for teachers once they 've left college and are in the schools . |
| 15 | He had n't been listening very hard at the time . |
| 16 | Waiting to tell us about a victory for Bicester over Milton in the Hellenic League premier cup ; Bicester two , they 're going so well at the moment , Milton nil ; Charlie Rawling . |
| 17 | ‘ He is going really well at the moment and he will be the one to beat over 800 and 1500 metres in the NorthEast championships . |
| 18 | ‘ Well , ’ she said , when they returned home and the car was idling almost silently at the roadside . |
| 19 | That said it was going very strongly at the time and there was much speculation amongst linesiders as to how No 7819 Hinton Manor would tackle the 1 in 52 climb to Talerddig summit . |
| 20 | Although Viking was lying quietly enough at the moment we could tell by the sudden gusts which hissed down from the high southern cliff that it was blowing quite hard on the weather side . |
| 21 | Then the rod-man screamed , arm pointing straight ahead at the surf . |
| 22 | Then again , the population of the country as a whole was rising fairly quickly at the time of the enclosure movement , especially in the industrial villages of the Midlands , and there was a demand for houses . |
| 23 | One that is tasting particularly well at the moment is 1989 Nobilo 's Dixon Vineyard Reserve Chardonnay , which is available from Asda for £8.99 , the Australian Wine Centre ( £9.49 ) and Averys of Bristol ( £9.26 ) which supplies by mail order ( 0272 214141 ) . |
| 24 | A number of other dinosaur bones found nearby are currently on display at Swindon Museum — an exhibition which doubtless owes its popularity to a movie that 's doing rather well at the box office . |
| 25 | She sat for maybe ten minutes staring gloomily out at the rain , which gave no sign of abating , knowing her options were limited to a choice of one . |
| 26 | There was n't much of an atmosphere , well what could I expect with the home team doing so badly at the moment . |
| 27 | That 's why he 's not doing so well at the moment : people like you to put up some pretence that you 're interested in something other than money , even if you are in the insurance business . |
| 28 | They 're ai n't doing so well at the moment are they ? |
| 29 | It means shaving away constantly at the sort of multiple objectives which we normally like to set ourselves , until one reaches an absolutely clear message of a mission and role . |
| 30 | It was at this stage that the joint approach with the researcher working as a ‘ professional friend ’ or ‘ supporter ’ , coming more objectively at the information and without any feeling of being threatened , was found to be most useful . |