Example sentences of "he be [v-ing] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am the Conservatives ’ Jeremy Irons , ’ he murmured as apologetically as if he were standing at the rostrum with a brand new Oscar . |
| 2 | Mr Clinton might say in June that he is renewing MFN until 1994 ; that he is looking at the application of other American laws to areas like weapons proliferation and trade abuses ; and that he is starting some ( as yet murky ) process to ensure that the Chinese are discharging their obligations under human-rights treaties . |
| 3 | When a human being does X in order to do Y , the achieving of Y is his reason for doing X. When an animal does X in order to do Y , he does not do X for a reason , even though he is aiming at a goal in doing so . |
| 4 | ‘ I have had a long chat with Stephen and told him I know that he is knocking at the door of the full international side , but I would rather he played and helped out in the match at Tannadice than did nothing at Ibrox . ’ |
| 5 | He is sitting at the top of the stairs , sobbing . |
| 6 | He dreams he is sitting at the wheel of his car at the traffic lights , unable to drive off because he ca n't decide whether to kiss Rose when he arrives , or whether to ask her for a cheese and chutney sandwich instead , or where to go for his holidays . |
| 7 | An Olympic walker uses more energy than a jogger moving at the same speed , because he is walking at a speed where his muscles would use less energy if they were operating a spring than if moving a pendulum . |
| 8 | And the police engineers go round with his mate and he 's looking at the engine numbers and the chassis numbers and all those bloody numbers inside the car and he 's looking like and er the interviewer said oh and this woman 's in for a shock ! |
| 9 | Oh oh he 's looking at the card , Phil 's go to Gary |
| 10 | He 's looking at the bus . |
| 11 | I know where to find him — he 's staying at the Lion d'Or . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ He 's resting at the Duke 's house in the forest before going on to Strelsau on Wednesday for his coronation . |
| 13 | It 's great for people like me who do research into politics and literature because you know , Johnson 's like a key to ev whatever he 's thinking at the time . |
| 14 | It all depends what he 's writing at the time . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ In fact he 's champing at the bit . |
| 16 | Hope Adrian 's in a good mood You have n't seen what work he 's doing at the moment then , how does he know ? |
| 17 | She 's living in his flat and he 's working at the hotel . |
| 18 | Oh that copper , he said he , he said the thing is he said what you 've got ta do is give him as much shit and aggravation as you can possibly give him , keep him hot and keep him roasted up he said because what happens is he 's getting along , long and he 's thinking oh I can do this and I can do that and I can do the other , he said but if you can get your solicitor to keep him on his toes he ai n't got time to think about nothing , he said and if he has done that job himself , he 's laughing at the moment , I said well he must have done it |
| 19 | ‘ He can sidestep as well as a back and is a frightening sight when he 's running at the opposition . |
| 20 | ‘ He can sidestep as well as a back and is a frightening sight when he 's running at the opposition . |
| 21 | He 's staring at the table . |
| 22 | He 's staring at the carpet , and you can see his muscles melting . |
| 23 | This has no more to do with Christ and regenerative suffering than Dr Rutenspitz telling Mr Golyadkin that Licht will be provided for him where he 's going at the end of The Double . |
| 24 | He 's sitting at the gate , watching the school around the corner decant its little boys . |
| 25 | Possibly a convenient excuse to get him out of the team , the way he 's playing at the moment ? |
| 26 | How he 's feeling at the moment . |
| 27 | He said the fact that he was leaving at the age of sixty should have no bearing on the choice of his successor . |
| 28 | He was shouting at the storm , his voice choked and barely audible through the battering rain . |
| 29 | He was shouting at the top of his voice into the microphone but save for a few at the front of the crowd , nobody could hear a word because someone had cut the amplifier cable . |
| 30 | He was shouting at the dog . |