Example sentences of "and [adv] [v-ing] at the [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Therefore , they were left with the option of investing millions of pounds or closing them , and perhaps looking at the building of a new reactor . |
| 2 | There was one vehicle there , a car with two figures sitting in the front seats and apparently looking at the road ahead of them . |
| 3 | Hebbert was leafing through Hard Rock to re-live Great/Bow combination and just glancing at the Vember chapter , which was the nearest the book got to Curving Crack . |
| 4 | But mainly these diseases have now been er controlled if not completely eradicated and as a result the world 's population is er is likely to zoom up as you can see right off the top end of the , of the graph and we 're expecting something like eight billion people er and , and still rising at the end of the , of the century and it 'll be some time way into the next century before the world 's population actually starts to er er to level out . |
| 5 | Paralleling , and often lying at the root of land tenure and local economic systems , are profound cultural differences of historic origin within many areas . |
| 6 | And even looking at the figures we get now , I mean others here will take a great deal of interest , one 's interested in knowing where you 're going and what 's , you 're looking at those figures yourself anyway . |
| 7 | Her hands ceased their uncertain fluttering , dropping to her lap as she sat back and then tugging at the hem of her skirt until it was at a more modest level . |
| 8 | The A.835 goes straight forward , crossing the watershed of the Highlands and ultimately arriving at the east coast . |
| 9 | Think of Miss Marple , Agatha Christie 's aged detective heroine , knitting her unceasing supply of pink and blue baby garments , pondering the latest murder case and quietly arriving at the solution long before anybody else . |
| 10 | In Dering Street , leading Spanish artist Susan Solano is showing new sculptures at Anthony Reynolds ( to 10 April ) , coinciding with her impressive retrospective survey organised for the Palacio de Velazquez , Madrid , and currently showing at the Whitechapel Art Gallery ( to 2 May ) . |
| 11 | She still huddled in her small silent way at the top of her cage , watching the trees and sky and never looking at the Zoo , the people , or the other eagles . |