Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It ’ was all happening at sea . |
| 2 | But anyway , the whole problem we face now is how to do more samples because we 're only looking at intercourse in the cores of , say , a thousand or two thousand year spacing , we 've got to get down to a few hundred year spacing to really see some of the changes in climate that we know have gone on . |
| 3 | He knows that he is only looking at ink on paper , yet his nervous system responds to it in the same kind of way as it might respond to a real woman . |
| 4 | Er so looking at inheritance tax , er the house the estate the car , capital etcetera all count towards it . |
| 5 | With the graphics visualisation market apparently booming at present , PV says it expects the company to report an increase in profits this year of $19.3m , up $2.5m from the previous year 's $16.8m . |
| 6 | He had said ‘ we ’ , which heartened McAllister enormously but also meant that she must try to justify his confidence , and not let him down ; he must not think her a fine lady only playing at life — she meant to do her share , and yet try not to hinder him . |
| 7 | The young woman feels curiously as though she is only playing at house once more when she goes into the first flat or home that she can truly call her own . |
| 8 | Community psychiatric nurses provide a vital service to the elderly mentally infirm enabling them to carry on living at home through the provision of medication and support . |
| 9 | ‘ Did your brother go on living at home ? ’ |
| 10 | In these circumstances soil erosion is potentially of utmost importance to the livelihood of these vulnerable people , even if it is not happening at present . |
| 11 | Well now , tell me why you 're not living at home . |
| 12 | Uncle Philip stroked his moustache thoughtfully , not looking at Finn at all . |
| 13 | He added : ‘ Players are not just training at club sessions , they continue to build up on their own . |
| 14 | In terms of the A nineteen south , that is already operating at capacity . |
| 15 | Oh I 'm just looking at bottom of my bag there , there was , there was bills from Gateway , that was from last year . |
| 16 | Such gimmicks have helped to make Virgin 's upper class service tempting to business passengers , but Virgin knows the real business is done by men like this , and they 're not just looking at service but also cost . |
| 17 | The human race is producing so much information — it is n't factual information , we 're not just looking at price movements of stocks and shares , but in the scientific community it 's very much to do with ideas and how that person can get across his ideas , his concepts to people to half a world away . |
| 18 | It is n't factual information , we 're not just looking at price movements of stocks and shares , but in the scientific community it 's very much to do with ideas and how that person can get across his ideas , his concepts , to people half a world away . |
| 19 | I was just looking at vehicle operating cost savings . |
| 20 | This is where we had some sort of car this is just looking at hardness of water actually , but this is , you 've got the C O three |
| 21 | Many potential customers might feel more comfortable where agencies were not aiming at supervision of their minds . |
| 22 | I am fortunate that she adores books , enthuses over learning at home and has settle happily into a private nursery school . |
| 23 | This would be a great help , instead of just relying at present on judging conformation in the hope of reducing strain on tendons . |
| 24 | ‘ I am not playing at make-believe . |
| 25 | She had a strongly defined concept of what was Real and what was not , did William 's nan , and some people were just playing at life . |
| 26 | Firstly , backwards pruning at point A is only possible without loss of accuracy if the correct hypothesis is the highest scoring . |
| 27 | 4.00pm — We set off again ; this time via Tony 's home to collect a variety of possessions , finally arriving at hospital no.3 . |
| 28 | I think it was just the thought that if one shift did n't turn up or if people stopped turning up , then others would n't turn up and it 'd just escalate until everyone was just sitting at home in front of the fire and the quarries would function as normal , and the fact , well certainly with me , I thought well we have to make an appearance to show people that we are still on strike and keep , you know everyone who drives past us will be saying , ah hello what 's up with them ? |
| 29 | Only a very few of the many references in the bibliography are earlier than 1979 yet undergraduates are already arriving at university with first-hand experience of videotext and expect their lecturers to know more ! |
| 30 | ‘ We are not dumping at present but we wish to keep our options open . |