Example sentences of "be [verb] [conj] [v-ing] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gains or losses from this notional disposal are treated as accruing at the time of the intra-group transfer . |
| 2 | Could be just the way you 're thinking and feeling at the time , allied to a little bit of luck , a natural rhythm . ’ |
| 3 | Children are assessed while staying at the Institute for up to four weeks ( this may be extended in some cases ) . |
| 4 | Seven years after the Americans bombed Libya , a veteran peace campaigner has been arrested while protesting at the airbase used for the raid . |
| 5 | Second , as regards durability , the goods should last for a reasonable time and any breach should be regarded as occurring at the time of supply rather than when the lack of durability became apparent . |
| 6 | This type of debate can only be resolved when looking at the functions in some detail . |
| 7 | But certainly he 'll be pushing and pushing at the front there and making runs to get in the back all night I 'm I 'm certain of that . |
| 8 | I have enjoyed reading ZZAP ! since early 1987 ( issue 25 ) and have seen many Editors come and go ( I do n't know whether I 'm coming or going at the moment — Ed ) . |
| 9 | Thus , where rent is payable quarterly in advance on the usual quarter days a term of " seven years from 25 March " will be construed as beginning at the first moment of 25 March , so that the first payment of rent will fall due on the first day of the term and the last payment of rent would be made in respect of a complete quarter , which ends at the last moment of the term . |
| 10 | Some aspects of the nature of the site have already been discussed when looking at the effect of the building regulations . |
| 11 | The film both fulfils the Powell-Pressburger partnership 's aim to produce ‘ original stories , written for the screen , keeping pace with events and trying to put into action what people were thinking and saying at the time , ’ which is what the more obviously documentarist filmmakers were also trying to do , and articulates its own vision of the mystical forces in nature , culminating in the healing miracle that arrives for each of the three Canterbury pilgrims on their way to the cathedral . |
| 12 | It 's sludging and scaling at the same time . |
| 13 | An anomaly will be regarded as particularly serious if it is seen as striking at the very fundamentals of a paradigm and yet persistently resists attempts by the members of the normal scientific community to remove it . |
| 14 | The first are the rich and well-born , the other the mass of the people " , Hamilton was reported as saying at the Federal Convention in 1787 . |
| 15 | Nails was laughing and shivering at the same time , so excited that he felt almost ill with it . |
| 16 | Suddenly the anguish was gone and she was laughing and crying at the same time . |
| 17 | I was shivering and sweating at the same time . |
| 18 | However , it was said that looking at the employee 's base was not the be-all and end-all . |
| 19 | Someone was squealing and crying at the same time , as if caught in a trap . |
| 20 | He was groaning and clawing at the pillow . |
| 21 | John was burgling and dealing at the same time , so we had a regular supply , like . |
| 22 | He was crying and laughing at the same time . |
| 23 | Louis , a sportsman and only child , was struck while jogging at the edge of the road . |
| 24 | Louis , an all-round sportsman and only child , was struck while jogging at the edge of the road on 13 July . |
| 25 | … Everybody was talking and gesticulating at the same time . ’ |
| 26 | Hilary Frome , stretched face down along the floor , was writhing and retching at the top of the stairs . |