Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was hanging on to the ledge at the deep end , arms out in the crucifix position when I saw her come out of the ladies ’ changing rooms wearing a yellow and white striped one-piece . |
| 2 | It was definitely time to say farewell and stepping down from the canal at that point I found myself on the very street of my son 's house . |
| 3 | ‘ You are not walking on to the stage at the Shield , or any theatre in which I have influence , again . |
| 4 | Most clients who require the sale and purchase to run side by side , will be worried about ending up with no house at all , or two houses . |
| 5 | Somehow she 'd imagined Penry leaping up from the sofa at the sight of her , angry at her intrusion . |
| 6 | Lenny Roberts began the dramatic demo by climbing out of a window at Birmingham 's Victoria Law Courts . |
| 7 | Whether they are jamming the bustling streets of Kowloon , elbowing their way on to ancient trams or leaping about on the terraces at the races , Hong Kong people are enthusiasts . |
| 8 | The string was walking round in a circle at the end of the gallops when Bill 's Audi drew up . |
| 9 | The council 's ruling Labour group split on the issue , after leading opponents of the scheme claimed it would increase violence with drinkers spilling on to the streets at exactly the same time . |
| 10 | Dexter stood at the bottom of the stairs , looking up into the gloom at their head . |
| 11 | Looking back at the crowd at the foot of the great stone double staircase , she suddenly caught sight of the familiar blonde head of her daughter and called the nursemaid , who was holding her up to get a better view of all the excitement , to bring her over . |
| 12 | Looking back over the years at the relative strengths of Japan versus the US in the semiconductor industry — a polarisation that will always make the news in Japan — during the 1970s , the US had an advantage , Grove said , which faded in the 1980s when Japanese manufacturing disciplines , just-in-time and its clearly superior semiconductor manufacturing equipment led to the Japanese gaining the upper hand , particularly in memory chips . |
| 13 | He would write in the garden , steeping out from the verandah at the back of the house ( ‘ my Riviera ’ ) and hurrying past the flowers and trees to a small revolving hut , like a monk 's cell with its desk and chair and bunk . |
| 14 | United came bouncing back with an equaliser at the start of the second half . |
| 15 | In the age of monumentalisation a new architecture is created , in a radically redesigned temple : a long , narrow room , its focal point a cult-statue at the back looking out through an entrance-porch at the east end . |
| 16 | So there was always a bottle of Reisling and a guitar , his Japanese kimono and him staying in bed , looking out of the window at the wolves chasing the train as we went through Siberia in the snow , whereas Geoffrey McCormack ( or Warren Peace as he was known professionally ) and I would get off at nearly every stop if we were awake , and run around on the platform . |
| 17 | I used a shade that is lighter than most soils , although of course I am used to looking out of the window at our bright reddish-brown soil here in Devon ! |
| 18 | He was looking out of the window at his lovely new garden , at the exquisite magnolia just breaking into its goblet-like , glowing blooms which were , since Monday , also his . |
| 19 | Duncan stayed awake , looking out of the window at the cloud-covered land thirty thousand feet below . |
| 20 | The success — I am looking out of the window at the thickly carpeted mountainside — comes from the knowledge of shared weakness , the weakness of both men and women in matters of sex and passion . |
| 21 | Anne was looking out of the window at the reds and yellows of the trees , and the silvery blue of the river . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's a waste of money , ’ said Harriet , looking out of the window at the parkland , which seemed lush enough to feed the whole of the East End of London until the next war . |
| 23 | The complete context picture depicted a young man standing in the street serenading his girlfriend who is looking out of the window at the top of a tall block of flats . |
| 24 | Now it 's glossy cream and pale blue and beautiful , but I find myself looking out of the window at the broken slats of the fence between our house and the next , and understanding very well why canals and tulips and windmills and clear blue Dutch skies had been important to the woman who had stood in that kitchen before me . |
| 25 | It should n't have taken her long to pack and change out of her sundress into a skirt and blouse , but she found she was folding each garment at least twice , and several times she stood looking out of the window at the busy yard below . |
| 26 | ‘ My dining room faces north and is difficult to heat , ’ he had said to Ianthe , and now he stood in it looking out of the window at the cold March day , fully conscious of his words . |
| 27 | We were able to help him … we can see their house from our bedroom and we just happened to be looking out of the window at the time , do n't you know . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Does she mention David these days ? ’ asked Rachel curiously , looking out of the window at Jennifer sitting on the patio in her wheelchair talking to her father . |
| 29 | Hans Ebert paused on the terrace , looking out across the gardens at the centre of the mansion where the Marshal 's daughter stood , her back to him . |
| 30 | This was sheer luxury after years of stumbling out into the dark at all hours , forcing our eyes to stay open , and yawning fit to split our faces in two . |