Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] at the [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was gazing down at the town and smiling her private , remembering smile . |
| 2 | Howard went on to introduce his staff and patients , before ending up at the Doctor and Ace . |
| 3 | Finally , I propose to call no person more than once to accept that the movers will have the opportunity of winding up at the end and I would please ask you to wait until you have been called . |
| 4 | But I will never forget that time we both watched your father walking back and forth in front of the summerhouse , looking down at the ground as though he hoped to find some precious jewel he had dropped there . ’ |
| 5 | She wailed , standing there , looking in at the room that had nothing left of him . |
| 6 | We lay in the grass looking up at the sky and the fluttering leaves on the silver birch trees , sucking on our reed stalks and talking about girls . |
| 7 | Jack paused indecisively , looking back at the Glory and wondering if there was any connection between its abandoned state and the mysterious figures on the hill . |
| 8 | No other words were needed and he stood , walking to the window and looking out at the courtyard that was bathed in sunlight . |
| 9 | I 'm sitting looking out at the darkness and the sea . |
| 10 | I called in on Ruth at lunchtime today and found her sitting up in her wheelchair looking out at the garden and seeming much better and as bright as usual — a nice nurse in attendance . |
| 11 | I think from that report there was a there was a requirement or request that perhaps the theatre should actually have a public meeting to talk about which way the theatre was going what things were going on at the theatre and that 's what the meeting is for this evening . |
| 12 | The same person the same person all I 'm saying the reason that the meeting was convened this evening and the reason that Paul wants the meeting this evening was to get the views from the public about what they felt was going on at the playhouse and what they would like to see that is n't taken place I think that was the thing behind the meeting and that 's what we 'd like to see right okay . . . |
| 13 | So what is going on at the moment that is affecting the management and organisation of our electronic records in local government ? |
| 14 | Because because there 's so many there 's so many things that are going on at the moment that it it does take time . |
| 15 | I mean I want to start with , with pensions pay and er , basically what 's happening is that everyone 's suffering pay cuts er and er th th what the government is doing is , first of all is attacking the State pension scheme er , and it 's allowing , er , employers to continue to rip-off occupational pension schemes and er since it 's pay , and it 's our pay , we wan na make sure we control it and I do n't see why the employers should be allowed to continue to exploit er , us both at one , both in terms of the pay we get now and the pay we get when we retire , whether it be at sixty whether it be er , whenever we wish to er retire and er , I think it 's very important if the government is er committed to crime prevention , that it actually starts doing something about those for , those , those employers , and Maxwell has , has been er referred to already , he 's just the tip of this very big iceberg er , and er , up and down the country , people are suffering substantial thefts of pay er employers are systematically organizing wages snatches , that 's what this er pension fraud is all about , and it 's about time that our government actually got round er and tackled this very important corporate crime issue that 's actually going on at the moment and er , I think that it 's very important that we ensure that we 're involved in er managing our own pension sch p pension funds , and therefore we should be pushing through demands of the er th the , the charter for pension fund democracy , and ensuring er that the government actually listens to what we 're saying , and actually er comes up with answers why we can not have the right to control our pay cos I can I ca n't see an any reason that they come back and say why democracy , why they ca n't , why , why they wo n't allow us to have a greater say and control our own pension funds and that 's I think is a legitimate demand that we should be campaigning for , up and down the country . |
| 16 | what 's going on at the moment and where I am with it |
| 17 | I do not believe in using the deep trance state in any form of therapy as it involves hypnoamnesia , a state in which the patient will neither be aware of what is going on at the time nor able to recall it afterwards . |
| 18 | They are not going in at the moment but that does n't worry me because he is a smashing lad doing the right things again . |
| 19 | ‘ Only this jumpsuit 's going through at the arse and the bellbottoms are getting well chewed up on the pedals . ’ |
| 20 | No point in turning up at the school if young Nick was n't going to be there . |
| 21 | The Scottish forwards were in tremendous form , cleaning up at the line-out and generally demolishing a big , strong Country pack . |
| 22 | A grey car , immaculately clean , was just pulling up at the gate and a big man in a plain grey suit was getting out to open it . |
| 23 | Well he was dashing out when I when I called him erm his wife answered the phone and she said you just him he 's going out at the door so he came rushing back and I said I wanted him to judge champion of champions and the and I said there 'll be two and he said , hang on , and he 's write it down said I 'll just stick it all at one and see to it when I come back , oh I got ta go and he went . |
| 24 | ‘ Well , ’ I say , peering out at the darkness and the far side of the loch , ‘ unless you have an irate neighbour with particularly good contacts in the arms trade — ’ |
| 25 | On the concourse people stood around gazing up at the departure and arrival boards , checking times of trains . |
| 26 | Hundreds of people are standing around , gazing up at the indicator and waiting for the platform of their train to be flashed up . |
| 27 | More flakes sifted down like meal , sifted and sifted , drifting in at the embrasure and lying on the flagstones , unmelting . |
| 28 | He had managed to find the General , but with one eye pointing up at the sky and the other angled down at his nose , there was little scope for effective communication . |
| 29 | Perhaps they feel it is a way of getting back at the system that keeps them in the poverty gap . |
| 30 | She told Lizzie now that she would be coming down at the weekend and asked her if she would be kind enough to get her old room ready for her . |