Example sentences of "the [noun] [v-ing] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alyssia ignored his remark and concentrated on trying to cut her steak without sending all the vegetables flying at the same time . |
| 2 | There had been a revolt in Alexandria and the Caliph 's army , Mowbray 's group amongst them , had massed outside the city : the air thick with the beat of their kettledrums , the wind snapping at the huge green banners , and the silver crescents on the standards dazzling in the scorching sunlight . |
| 3 | Cambridge were left high and dry for a time this afternoon as Oxford followed in the footsteps of many a champion boxer and left the opposition waiting at the official weigh-in . |
| 4 | I woke up after an hour or so , and just leaned out of the window looking at the half-empty Main Street . |
| 5 | ‘ The answer to both your questions is yes , ’ she told the girl sitting at a long table on the far side of the room . |
| 6 | The the Council looking at the whole process of how it spends it money what it does , I think the theatre the start of this evening we were looking quite close about what we do and how we do it what we do n't do and what we should do and I think from what 's been said this evening will be re look closely the questions you 've raised things that you 've raised we 'll report it back to you in the hope of this meeting that we 'll actually moved forward because I think it 's in everybody interest everybody 's interest if the playhouse closes . |
| 7 | Clutching the hot loaf to her chest she fled , expecting every minute to hear shouts of : ‘ Thief … thief … ’ as she threaded between the wharves arriving at a narrow lane not far from Marsh Street where the press gangs roamed . |
| 8 | However , without for the moment looking at the two halves separately , I imagine everyone would be prepared to accept the proposition in theory . |
| 9 | Reginald remained in the middle of the room staring at the closed door for a moment ; then , his head making small jerks , he turned towards the fire and , leaning his elbow along the mantelshelf , he looked down into the dying embers . |
| 10 | For instance if If the last number is omitted or there are insufficient characters to the right of the specified position , MID$ returns with the right hand part of the string starting at the specified position . |
| 11 | Far from receiving a discount the purchaser arriving at the average high street store which a bunch of fivers in most cases pays more for his new washing machine or bicycle because the retailer has factored into the pricing structure the credit card company 's fee ( which can range from one to four per cent ) . |
| 12 | They are synergistic , which means they rely on each other in order to keep the body functioning at an optimum level . |
| 13 | We spent most of that first day walking around the town looking at the historical buildings some of which had been there since the mid-sixteenth century . |
| 14 | Downwardly sticky wages gives a J shape to the curve , labelled , with the curve beginning at the existing price level . |
| 15 | At night the place was jumping , the whistling urinals were all occupied , and then the smell of piss and semen was the smell of ecstatic terror , for we never knew when the place would be raided by the cops , and the person standing at the next stall playing with himself might be a copper 's nark , an informer or an agent provocateur . |
| 16 | This prevents the court looking at the actual circumstances surrounding the breach in question . |
| 17 | Every year the New York New Music Seminar seems to throw up one track which first flattens the delegates revelling at the local hot-spots , then sends the record companies into chequebook-brandishing overdrive . |
| 18 | It is important to realize then that our symptoms , produced in response to stress , are not solely based upon the stress occurring at the given time , but upon all the stress accumulated in our stress glass over time . |
| 19 | MPs may be worked up over tonight 's vote , but Merseyside 's comedians in gyms , golf courses and top hotels whiled away the day laughing at a brave new Europe full of German humour , Italian efficiency and French bathing habits . |
| 20 | Is the video recording at the same time ? |
| 21 | He moved slowly round the perimeter staring at the seven disciples who had so far survived the ungodly war . |
| 22 | Some of the people sitting at the big table did not even raise their eyes . |
| 23 | The rooms could have been empty , it was impossible to tell , and in fact when I came to the special dining car I found a good number of the passengers sitting at the unlaid tables , just chatting . |
| 24 | She sat on the bed looking at the utter chaos around her . |
| 25 | Like Hutton in bygone times , Stewart seemed galvanised by the disasters occurring at the other end , but was never either intimidated into strokelessness or tempted into a reckless rescue bid , for such an endeavour against this bowling would have been futile . |
| 26 | About one hour later we sat on the sands staring at the cool sea in front of us , thinking how long it was since we had had a bath . |
| 27 | The Presidency and the leaders of the six republics agreed measures on Aug. 20-21 to keep the federation functioning at a minimum economic and political level for a further three months , with trade continuing between the republics and a monetary policy which would allow the country to pay its foreign creditors . |
| 28 | The man sitting at the other end of the bench took a quarter-bottle of whisky from the pocket of his torn donkey-jacket , twisted off the gold tin top and took a swig . |
| 29 | Item No 2 : this is an Elagabalus denarius which depicts the Emperor standing at a sacrificial altar . |
| 30 | The beautiful fourteenth-century cathedral in Den Bosch is suffering from the men drinking at the surrounding cafes and bars . |