Example sentences of "a [noun] [v-ing] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Act provided for a route commencing at the top of Anerley Hill , descending past Crystal Palace ( Low Level ) Station to Thicket Road , a turning on the left , which led through to the top end of Beckenham Road , Penge . |
| 2 | ‘ It was a bit harrowing at the train station this morning , ’ he admitted yesterday . |
| 3 | The ground radio had reports of a gang shooting at the corner of La Brea and Rodeo , and Provenzano dipped the chopper to the west and flew at 130 mph to reach the site . |
| 4 | TOP industrialists from the United States travelled to Snowdonia to hold a board meeting at the site of their latest acquisition Austin Taylor Communications Ltd at Bethesda . |
| 5 | Well , it 'll be nice if you get a club going at the youth club , because they wo n't use it in the morning |
| 6 | Brenton , in a study looking at the feasibility of the voluntary sector replacing the statutory sector to some degree in the provision of personal services , concludes : |
| 7 | What is valuable is to see that here is a critic writing at the top of his bent . |
| 8 | There was a longer gash on her right elbow and a bruise forming at the top of her arm . |
| 9 | The second man was seen by a witness standing at the entrance to Martlesham underpass at the A1214 roundabout at about 11.30 am on Thursday , February 11 . |
| 10 | There 's a stranger knocking at the window again Mrs . |
| 11 | ‘ You should have let me know you were coming earlier , I 'd have had a car waiting at the airport for you . ’ |
| 12 | At this there was a loud outburst of laughter , and everyone looked at a girl sitting at the back , who , scarlet in the face , ran out of the room , sobbing . |
| 13 | He was well enough in February , however , to attend a poetry reading at the Institute of Contemporary Arts ; but it was not a pleasant occasion . |
| 14 | We will make an effort to let you know when we are going to have a session working at the bridge . |
| 15 | For television , what began with the appointment in March 1985 of Professor Alan Peacock to chair a committee looking at the financing of the BBC , has turned into a radical shake-up of commercial TV which , for the moment , leaves the BBC largely unscathed . |
| 16 | FIFA president Joao Havelange and general secretary Sepp Blatter were holding a crisis meeting at the time with UEFA officials and French federation president Jean Fournet-Fayard , who had been urgently summoned to Zurich . |
| 17 | One source was a body working at the time of the publication of Barlow , in association with the National Council of Social Science : the Hygiene Committee of the Women 's Group on Public Welfare which met between 1939 and 1942 . |
| 18 | I stood for a moment looking at the mattress on the bed where a knife had been used to open up the sides . |
| 19 | On being relieved , the decoration parade , with a general galloping at the head of his elegant staff past the tattered and gap-ridden ranks of the 151st , seemed to young Campana ‘ the most beautiful day of my life ’ . |
| 20 | They grabbed my arms and swung me over to a mat lying at the side then undid the strap around my ankles . |
| 21 | I can sit back and watch the day go by , and when the float dips down in the water I know there 's a fish pulling at the line . |
| 22 | This will be followed by a share opening at the bank 's Redcar branch on March 12 . |
| 23 | A courtesy bus runs to Sorrento three times a day stopping at the Tramontano for access , by lift , to the beach . |
| 24 | If Claudine had a friend staying at the château then Alain was showing that he also had a willing friend . |
| 25 | Kujabi is related to a watchman working at the house , owned by Mr Eddie Brewer , 72 , an ecologist and former British colonial service official . |
| 26 | ‘ There 'll be a ticket waiting at the check-in desk . |
| 27 | Fastenings are made as simple as possible : ladies might use an all-in-one slip-over brassiè , or one with front fastening ; shoes might have velcro or elastic laces rather than normal laces ; shirts would use velcro strips rather than buttons ; men 's trousers would have a zip fly rather than buttons , with a velcro fastening at the top ; braces are easier to manage than a belt to hold trousers up ; a lady 's skirt might have an elasticated waist or a velcro fastening . |
| 28 | and found a dolphin turning at the tide 's hem |
| 29 | ‘ Where is the Christ Child ? ’ she asked a woman washing at the well . |
| 30 | A woman arriving at the house fiddled with the lock as she waited for someone to let her in , but finally , with a despairing gesture , gave up the attempt to fix it long before she was admitted . |