Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gull-like in appearance , with gliding and soaring flight , they feed by settling on the water and bobbing for plankton at the surface . |
| 2 | Although Liz 's body is disposing of alcohol at the rate of about one unit a hour , her last drink pushed her over the legal limit for driving of 80mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood . |
| 3 | ‘ As soon as possible , ’ she sighed ecstatically , hardly able to breathe as she felt his strong hands slowly undoing the zip of her dress , shuddering with excitement at the touch of his fingers against her bare skin . |
| 4 | No , there was no hope of her husband exploding with rage at the thought of leaving her and swearing that he would find a way to remain . |
| 5 | He had a lump in his throat and he felt his skin prickling with shame at the thought of his friends and his friends ' mums going in to Pricewell 's and seeing Anna unloading ketchup bottles with ‘ Can I help you ? ’ pinned on her overall . |
| 6 | Vaguely disappointed , the detective sat by the steamed-up window , attracting the occasional glance from the groups of sullen men at the Formica tables , his nose prickling with pleasure at the smell of frying bacon . |
| 7 | They were appearing in pantomime at the Bristol Hippodrome at the time . |
| 8 | He had been appearing on television at the time . |
| 9 | Did you say something about Mr Boulez perhaps returning to work at the opera ? |
| 10 | ‘ He must feel he is walking on water at the moment , but come Christmas when the goals do n't go in , what happens then ? |
| 11 | A dreadful tragic place — elderly rheumatics dressing for dinner at the hotel ; artists not good enough ; beach-combers not young enough nor well enough off It filled me with pity and terror . |
| 12 | While serving as ambassador at the court of St James Sancy 's brother sold the stone to James I. When James II fled to France he took refuge at St Germain and sold the stone to Louis XIV . |
| 13 | His wife Georgina does the secretarial work and 21year-old daughter Sonia is a ‘ girl Friday , ’ acting as receptionist at the showhouse and each day making sure that all the completed houses are spotless . |
| 14 | Sixteen students were not looking for work at the time of the survey . |
| 15 | 34 per cent of SERC funded students were looking for work at the end of their courses ; |
| 16 | From Table 4.1 it can be seen that almost one-third of IT postgraduates would be unemployed and looking for work at the end of their course . |
| 17 | As Table 4.6 shows , 32 per cent of male SERC students were looking for work at the end of their courses : 47 per cent of the women were in this position . |
| 18 | While most students not in receipt of a job offer were making applications and attending interviews at the time they completed the Initial destinations questionnaires , the fact that one third of students would be looking for employment at the end of the courses can only be regarded as a disappointing , and rather unexpected , finding . |
| 19 | I was squealing with delight at the tricks his middle finger was playing when suddenly Captain leapt on us growling . |
| 20 | ‘ Clearly we will be looking with interest at the sheriff 's determination from the FAI . |
| 21 | He was pretending that the errand was a nuisance , though at the same time he was grinning with pleasure at the thought of taking McIllvanney 's brand new sportsboat to sea . |
| 22 | This project tries to offer some answers by looking in depth at the case of the Georgians since 1953 ( the death of Stalin ) . |
| 23 | Jimmy was still looking in horror at the wall where Frye had disappeared . |
| 24 | Chapter 3 examines some of the larger trends in society which have major significance for health care in general and the NHS in particular , looking in turn at the effects of economic re-structuring , demographic change and technological and medical advance . |
| 25 | Now it is approaching completion and return to steam and every effort is being made to ensure that his locomotive is operating in steam at the works Open Day on Sunday , September 27 . |
| 26 | Pausing on impulse at the mantelpiece to take the glass ball in his hand , Mungo crossed to the open window . |
| 27 | Both tables show control sample clients doing better in home care : spending less time altogether in an institution , and being more likely to be living at home at the end of the two time periods . |
| 28 | However , when looking at speech at the level of the tone-unit we are not usually interested in this ; a much more important difference here is that between tonic stress ( marked by underlining the tonic syllable and placing before it one of the five tone-marks ) and non-tonic stressed syllables ( marked or in the head or in the tail ) . |
| 29 | Well the one we 've got above our in fact , there 's one next door to us going for sale at the moment and they 're asking advertised prices else you 'll be getting about fifty thousand on top that 's ours . |
| 30 | In fact , Conservative opposition in the Lords is proving very important , and if Colonel is concerned about the future level of the police budget , why does n't he do a bit more to stop this nationalisation of the police going through parliament at the moment , and I just want to quote the , the words of Conservative Chairman of the Sussex police authority , over the years from nineteen eighty-two to nineteen ninety-three , four of them , and the most senior of course , who led the Association of County Councils for the Conservatives . |