Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Slit-eyed against the blinding rain , he hurled his weight forward as he powered up a ridge , the rear wheel tearing at shale and mud . |
| 2 | The wartime earnings of most skilled shipyard workers , for example , would have exceeded £60 a year , and with the Admiralty deducting at source and paying over to the Treasury , yields came much nearer to expectation . |
| 3 | This is a research report after a study looking at Attendance Allowance claimants ' views of the medical examination they underwent . |
| 4 | The Durham Junior Golf Society Spring meeting at Crook tomorrow has been postponed until May 30 because of snow . |
| 5 | A good start is one where you pass close behind the start boat going at speed . |
| 6 | To some extent this applies also to whales and dolphins : some , such as white-sided and white-beaked dolphins , appear to enjoy a boat going at speed and will actively approach and ‘ bow-ride ’ for a time . |
| 7 | It was like some scratched old movie running at half-speed , a bizarre dream sequence . |
| 8 | Ditty staring at defeat |
| 9 | Got to Val 's this afternoon , first of all he said I got a hor , horse running at quarter to three red , red hot tip and John had put two hundred on it to win , and she put six hundred on it to win ! |
| 10 | I like the sounds of a boat sailing at night . |
| 11 | Nor should we forget our latter-day Darwin : the diarist , novelist or would-be intellectual sitting at home with his word-processor . |
| 12 | It was discussed in detail in a five hour meeting at District Council and after , as I say , remember , it 's only a consultation document this time that will be put to you for your decision . |
| 13 | I 've been wandering round for an hour swearing at everbody and everything . |
| 14 | The risk of local recurrence in this setting is reduced and a randomised MRC trial looking at survival is presently in progress . |
| 15 | Carol 's dancing and her sister Suzette 's acting provided the inspiration for the Minogue sisters — Danielle or Dannii as she was known in the clan was also showing signs of talent — and the pair loved nothing better than play acting at home . |
| 16 | They may continue the case in order to gain more information ; they may make a supervision order , involving the child living at home but under regular supervision , or being sent to live elsewhere in the care of others ; or they may discharge the referral altogether . |
| 17 | The question in the DBQ refers specifically to multi-level car parks , the assumption here seems to be that such memory failures are particularly likely in this context because of the similarity in appearance of different floors in such a car park , however , there has been some work looking at memory for car parking in situations where more information is available . |
| 18 | I 've my work waiting at home . ’ |
| 19 | What was a young , unmarried girl doing at night on the Prince 's dayabeeyah , we wonder ? |
| 20 | In such a fluid , the stress at time t depends upon the previous history of the configuration existing at time t . |
| 21 | Mr Ross , the East Londonderry MP , is sceptical about the chances of political dialogue succeeding at present . |
| 22 | A genuine invitation to parents to contribute to their child 's assessment record with samples of pre-school drawings , photos and even possibly of tapes of the child talking at home emphasises the way that the school sees teaching and learning as an equal partnership . |
| 23 | The sickly ten-year-old sitting at home looked on in wonder … |
| 24 | John was being put in readiness for going ‘ over there ’ , so that middle-aged women like herself could sit at home working at petit-point and , hopefully , growing a little food . |
| 25 | To anticipate this there may be a case for product field testing at stage 9 . |
| 26 | To anticipate this there may be a case for product field testing at stage 9 . |
| 27 | Pavement widening at Juniper Green Dissatisfaction expressed by Dr. Neil and Scott and Councillor Mrs. Brereton . |
| 28 | Pavement widening at Juniper Green Dissatisfaction expressed by Dr. Neil and Scott and Councillor Mrs. Brereton . |
| 29 | I can put up with missing pizzicato detailing at bar 383 of the first movement — one of Beethoven 's happiest small orchestral fancies , beautifully brought out by Böhm and the VPO on DG — but the second violins ' inaudibility as they pick up the shepherd 's song of thanksgiving leaves a gruesome hole in the texture . |
| 30 | Was the excuse of a business meeting at Casa Sciorto merely his way of making sure she came to his party ? |