Example sentences of "and [v-ing] at the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More surprising , and to Paviour more confounding and conciliating at the same time , was the presence of Gus Hambro , busy with a large clip-board , charting on squared paper the patch of ground to be taken up , and sketching a hurried but accurately proportioned elevation of the exposed vault of the flue . |
| 2 | I 'm not a social eater and I hate talking and eating at the same time . |
| 3 | Here , at close quarters , the fitful , elusive silver congealed into the turgid brown flood she had seen upriver , a silent surge of water looking almost solid in its power , sweeping along leaves and branches and roots and swathes of weed in its eddies , gnawing away loose red layers of the soil along this near bank , and eating at the muddy rim of the path . |
| 4 | Harper was standing in his stirrups , pointing and cheering at the smaller wood to the right . |
| 5 | Experience with 761 had shown that loading and unloading at the same door was too slow on the Promenade . |
| 6 | ‘ But the most difficult thing about this band for me is actually playing parts live and singing at the same time ! |
| 7 | He wondered if Heather , sitting in the same chair and gazing at the same view , had somehow bequeathed to him this reaction , or if it were entirely his own , a product of the self-pity Kingdom had identified . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's the only castle I 've ever seen that I can imagine living in , ’ she said , standing in the upper gallery and gazing at the magnificent views from the windows . |
| 9 | She stood up , holding her hands to her face , laughing and weeping at the same time , gasping for breath , feeling her heart and only finally throwing her arms up in joy . |
| 10 | ‘ She could write a little essay on any subject , exactly a slate long , beginning at the left-hand top of one side and ending at the right-hand bottom of the other , and the essay should be strictly according to rule . ’ |
| 11 | Everybody reacted as one , condemning this nonsense and laughing at the bare-faced cheek of it . |
| 12 | He was crying and laughing at the same time . |
| 13 | When he shows a film or summat his room 's like a little cinema — you know , people sitting round watching the telly in the dark , and smoking and laughing at the funny bits and that . |
| 14 | For here his father was , sitting down beside him , hugging and kissing him , taking his hand again and laughing at the silly terrors his little game had aroused in his son . |
| 15 | Changes in proposed greenbelt boundaries affecting a given area , and occurring at the consultative draft stage of local plans and or pre-map stage and the formal deposit of those plans , and or between the deposit copies and proposals subsequently issued by county and local planning authorities by way of desired changes to deposit copies , militate against , and may totally inhibit in relation to that area , emergence within the meaning of the national doctrine most recently propagated in paragraph er within erm paragraph thirty two of the revised version of P P G number One . |
| 16 | Nails was laughing and shivering at the same time , so excited that he felt almost ill with it . |
| 17 | Somehow her own anger and his frustration together turned into a mutual all-embracing passion , and they clung together , hating and loving at the same time . |
| 18 | How lovely , thought Winnie , letting her knitting fall and looking at the leaping flames , if she agreed ! |
| 19 | Then she saw how he was staring at her habit , and looking at the two grooms . |
| 20 | ‘ Well ? ’ she pressed him , sitting up and looking at the broad back facing her . |
| 21 | We too are part of the whole subject area ourselves : our own can be immensely varied , and looking at the various ways people have responded to the natural energies manifesting at ancient sites is central . |
| 22 | And looking at the Palestinian revolution ‘ trom a viewpoint higher than my own ’ he regards it as ultimately a revolt reaching to the limits of Islam , a ‘ calling for a revision , probably even a rejection , of a theology as soporific as a Breton cradle ’ ( p. 88 ) . |
| 23 | Outside the gallery a group of curious bystanders gathered , staring and leering at the nude painting . |
| 24 | Modernity began in earnest with this industrialism — like the starting up of a great steam-driven machine , straining and clanking at the mechanical bit and snorting with impatience to be off . |
| 25 | With a small , helpless moan she surrendered to the muscular arms tightening like a vice about her , gazing up at his hawk-like features thrown into sharp , dramatic relief by the pale moonlight , and trembling at the dangerous gleam in the eyes devouring her from beneath their heavy lids . |
| 26 | Still sucking in lungfuls of air and wincing at the detonating roar of Duvall 's automatic pistol , Cardiff began to haul himself to his feet again by one arm , his gun hand hanging limp . |
| 27 | He suddenly had an idea , and taking the megaphone from the chairman , and wincing at the soggy mouthpiece , he summoned the last of his voice from his diaphragm and sang to the sea of caps and hats , a Harry Lauder music hall song : |
| 28 | Poor seed-beds , dry conditions and spraying at the wrong time or the wrong rate could all explain the appearance of the yield-sapping weed . |
| 29 | ‘ Just a case of first-night nerves , ’ I mutter , unlocking my legs and grasping at the steaming mug.Ruthie Henshall opens tonight in Crazy For You at the Prince Edward Theatre , London . |
| 30 | I was shivering and sweating at the same time . |