Example sentences of "[noun pl] [v-ing] at the " in BNC.
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1 | He held her close , one hand at her waist , the other supporting her back , his fingers stroking at the base of her neck , sending delightful shivers , signals of desire , up and down her spine . |
2 | Among those noting Xu 's habit of using just one board ( ingredients are so fresh and so quickly prepared that food poisoning is not considered a threat ) is Keith Mitchell , team captain of the British chefs competing at the culinary Olympics in Frankfurt next year , and head chef at the Grand Hotel , Eastbourne , East Sussex . |
3 | Having loved Martha from the bottom of his heart , Sam now found that he loved his daughter every bit as much , and could hardly tear himself away from the cradle , where he would spend hours gazing at the fruit and blessing of the union . |
4 | Advocating a greater use of the birch he said ‘ Young offenders are leaving the juvenile courts laughing at the Magistrates and the Police . |
5 | The different frequencies of light are what the human eye sees as different colors , with the lowest frequencies appearing at the red end of the spectrum and the highest frequencies at the blue end . |
6 | The flames did help to disperse the fog and also to make the runway more visible , but of course one air field could n't hope to cope with all the 8 Group heavies returning at the same time , and things were pretty chaotic for a few hours . |
7 | ( 3 ) All other estates , interests , and charges in or over land take effect as equitable interests ; ( 4 ) The estates , interests , and charges which under this section are authorised to subsist or be conveyed or created at law are ( when subsisting or conveyed or created at law ) in this Act referred to as " legal estates , " and have the same incidents as legal estates subsisting at the commencement of this Act ; and the owner of a legal estate is referred to as " an estate owner " and his legal estate is referred to as his estate . |
8 | The ions appearing at the foot of the most recently reconnected field lines would be more energetic than the corresponding ions on field lines that were opened by a previous pulse of reconnection . |
9 | Robyn pursed her lips and tilted her chin , eyes flashing at the scathing tone of his voice . |
10 | There were the usual long-hairs and burned-out heads hanging at the back in velvet trousers or dirty jeans , patchwork boots and sheepskin coats , discussing bus fares to Fez , Barclay James Harvest and bread . |
11 | If you are an Imperial player and facing a foe that uses such despicable tactics then console yourself with the thought that at least the units firing at the Helblaster are not firing at other targets . |
12 | Silas and Matt then set up the barbecue , and Lucy was able to open the two food hampers , her eyes widening at the variety they contained . |
13 | These findings also have important implications for the analysis of prolonged motility recordings in patients with non-cardiac chest pain : repetitive simultaneous pressure waves occurring at the time of an attack of chest pain , do not necessarily indicate that the pain was accompanied by disorders of oesophageal motility , or that such disorders were the cause of the chest pain . |
14 | • Very apparent blood vessels appearing at the skin surface |
15 | They brought their turbans , their pride and their brown eyes twinkling at the prospect of business . |
16 | Finally , the additional time taken to read words occurring at the end of clauses and sentences might reflect the time taken to carry out syntactic processing of that particular clause or sentence . |
17 | He kept thinking of her pirouetting , her small face impish , then her eyes filling at the memory of her lost doll . |
18 | There was a tight thicket of new , thorny growth in the clearing , a bird darting between the branches picking at the red and blue berries that hung from the twigs . |
19 | Lord Ennals will be joined by a variety of eminent speakers looking at the role of the law , and of lawyers in finding legal remedies for people in need of community care services . |
20 | He fingered his jaw thoughtfully , eyes glittering at the scarlet patches in her cheeks . |
21 | Sometimes when in the evening I lie down with half closed eyes looking at the sunset , I see the screen of the eyelashes and its wonders . |
22 | Bending , he feathered a kiss along her cheek , his cool lips pausing at the delicate curve of her ear . |
23 | Okay well er I I figure that there must be quite a number of er extraterrestrials around around North Yorkshire and I thought it would be quite nice actually if er if there are any extraterrestrials listening at the moment they could ring in and we could have a chat . |
24 | Which particular pathway a cell follows is usually controlled by extracellular signals acting at the branch points . |
25 | He glanced down at her , his dark eyes crinkling at the corners as he smiled in a way that made her heart turn a tiny somersault . |
26 | It was n't the cars there , it was the cars turning at the end of the road |
27 | the stratigraphic units subcropping at the top Carboniferous under a cover of younger sediments , |
28 | ‘ But I had the most extraordinary adventure , ’ she went on , her blue eyes sparkling at the recollection . |
29 | Then the n words beginning at the source address are transferred to an area beginning at the destination address . |
30 | There was less interest in the possibility of home delivery , although mobile shops calling at the door would be an obvious service to housebound consumes . |