Example sentences of "[noun prp] [v-ing] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taken aback , he mentioned the football match to be fought on New Year 's Day between the Repertory company and the pantomime cast of Treasure Island appearing at the Empire . |
| 2 | Making a sound in his throat , he turned his head away , then said , ‘ Funny thing , but neither am I ; yet I 've had to get used to it ; ’ and on this he went out , leaving Millie looking at the big fat woman and feeling she must make conversation : ‘ It 's a beautiful morning , ’ she said . |
| 3 | Roche speaking at the launch of next year 's Leeds Classic , said : ‘ I did everything I could to be good again , but I had problems . |
| 4 | However , when I heard Mr. Gorbachev speaking at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg in 1989 , about a common European home , I could perceive an image of Europe that made me feel far more European than I had ever done before . |
| 5 | We see Othello clutching at the last flickers of his memory of Desdemona as she was , for him ( and as of course she still is ) : Not your way , because not my way . |
| 6 | I mean David it will certainly save er Ann standing at the photocopier |
| 7 | NEWCASTLE did not rush to reinstate experienced Brian Kilcline recently — and no wonder with young Steve Howey blossoming at the back . |
| 8 | ‘ With George Courtney retiring at the end of the season , we 're hopeful that somebody from the North-East will get on the Football League list , and with luck , it could be me . ’ |
| 9 | Claudia lay sleepless , visions of Dana jiving at the head of the bridal procession , dressed in shorts and a veil instead of the lovely dress Claudia had spent so much time designing , going through her head . |
| 10 | The next day we spent the forenoon ashore at Smeerenburg looking at the remains of the old Dutch whaling-station , and setting our feet for the first time on the Spitsbergen tundra . |
| 11 | Claire Samways blasted the ball off Alison Vance , the Portadown keeper , but it fell to Jeanette Turner loitering at the post and she spun on the ball firing it in from an acute angle . |
| 12 | In the kitchen she found Veronica cooking and Rodney sitting at the table writing a list . |
| 13 | For it 's no use looking to this novel for even a premonition of a cleansed Russia sitting at the feet of Jesus . |
| 14 | Lord Attenborough arriving at the newly-restored Magdalen bridge in Oxford . |
| 15 | She had expected to find them both still in bed , and was surprised by the noises from the kitchen , but she poked her head round the door and saw Maggie sitting at the kitchen table eating Weetabix in a reassuringly healthy way . |
| 16 | Yeah Michelle knocking at the door to see if Julie was ready and all that . |
| 17 | Paddy was sitting with his back to the Land Rover looking at the map . |
| 18 | The Padre and the two Commandos laughed , one of the Bretons pointing at the Padre with his forefinger , exclaimed , ‘ He is a bloody good shot , Beel ! ’ |
| 19 | Hearing the tramp of marching feet , he looked up to see Captain Warre riding at the head of his company . |
| 20 | Over Elliott 's shoulder , Culley could see Goldman wrenching at the handle on the french windows . |
| 21 | He noticed Willie looking at the black box on the stool . |
| 22 | Mr Justice Jowitt commenting at the trial of Ernest Coveley , accused of carrying out a series of robberies with a cucumber The escargot laying season is between June and September . |
| 23 | She would never have told her about Adam staying at the farmhouse at all through choice , but Candy was a regular visitor . |
| 24 | That the Rev. C. G. Hamilton having at the suggestion of the Governors agreed to retire from the Headmastership on a pension , the Governors beg respectfully to suggest £150 per annum as such pension , and ask the advice of the Charity Commissioners on the subject . " |
| 25 | Seeing Joseph staring at the women , Paul walked over to him and put an arm around his shoulder . |
| 26 | We talked for a while , and then my parents , surprisingly tactfully , murmured things about shopping and left me and Anna sitting at the little round table , under the blue umbrella . |
| 27 | It comes as no surprise to us that the LDOS has managed in recent years to attract packed houses for public meetings to oppose Sunday working at the construction site at Arnish Point near Stornoway and for the campaign against Sunday sailings to the Western Isles by Cal-Mac . |
| 28 | But she and Jonathon should be back at school and Victoria starting at the village junior and mixed infants democratically this term . |
| 29 | How 's Alison doing at the moment ? |
| 30 | Their host saw Paula gazing at the carpet . |