Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is ironic that the present undiscriminating reverence for exotic mysticism risks misunderstanding such beliefs for the opposite reason ; that of accepting them at face value uncritically and out of context . |
| 2 | The police team had gone from her house , she had managed to avoid seeing them at work by her long session with Gabriel and John Coffin in Cat 's Coffee Shop . |
| 3 | Then you 'll be phoning me at Birmingham instead ! |
| 4 | Several rioters were killed during an attack on a mill using them at Salford in 1812 , but few manufacturers had as yet introduced them , or were intending to in the near future , and disturbances were intermingled with food riots and political agitation . |
| 5 | Turkey , plum pudding , Stilton … typical traditional fare , but from where did they originate and how did the custom for eating them at Christmas arise ? |
| 6 | many and I 've stopped eating them at Christmas when I brought them and I started eating them again . |
| 7 | When she realizes that by controlling these cries , and producing them at will rather than automatically , she can influence the behaviour of her parents , she has progressed to the directive function . |
| 8 | They rode almost due south , by the Morthwaite foothills and the Eddleston Water to Peebles , then westwards up Tweed to that river 's great bend southwards at Broughton , and so on towards its source on Tweedsmuir , darkness halting them at Oliver , where they learned that its lord , Sir Simon Fraser , had already departed likewise for Lochmaben , in strength . |
| 9 | Keeping them at arms length guarantees that they will be lukewarm or confused in their support and their potential as marketers of the school will lie untapped . |
| 10 | From here he entered N A L G O and held high office within the Union and many members have to thank for representing them at pay s pay negotiations etcetera . |
| 11 | With a spreadsheet you can alter values , constants or the formulae relating them at will and the entire sheet will reflect these changes , instantly . |
| 12 | There were no words in the experience , but he became aware of the fact that he was keeping something at bay ; or another way of looking at it would be that he was wearing some rigid outer clothing , like corsets or a suit of armour . |
| 13 | It may be significant that Rose was working for Henry Compton [ q.v. ] , bishop of London , in 1675 , for it was Compton who , in the words of Stephen Switzer [ q.v. ] , was London 's ‘ great Encourager ’ , employing him at Fulham Palace . |
| 14 | Mandy did n't come to the meeting , Mrs. Maddison keeping her at home as a punishment for her disobedience in going into the swamp . |
| 15 | I take it you have n't been keeping her at home and just not sent a note ? |
| 16 | Marek was fencing with her , keeping her at bed 's length . |
| 17 | It must also be remembered that death usually took place in the home , not only because nineteenth century parents preferred it , but also because , before the development of antisepsis in practical nursing in the last quarter of the century , to send a patient to hospital was much more likely to prove fatal than keeping him at home . |
| 18 | I 'm not naive , I know others will make more be back with more bids because he 's such a top -class goal scorer , ’ says the manager , who has just signed a contract keeping him at Hillsborough for the same time as Hirst . |
| 19 | He was gritting his teeth against the pain , keeping it at bay while he studied the stump , the severed hand . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm not thanking anyone at Murrayfield for accepting the itinerary ’ , Sole said . |
| 21 | Who made the comment er , about people walking themselves at night ? |
| 22 | Basing themselves at York might have suited their training schedules and their travel arrangements , but it has been less than ideal for their public relations . |
| 23 | It is as if an invisible force field is keeping us at arms length . |
| 24 | Examples of underpresenting lots at Sotheby 's included lot 9 , ‘ Three figures at a table ’ by a follower of Caravaggio , which found its own price at £105,000 ( $168,000 , est. £20,000–30,000 ) ; lot 12 ‘ Christ in the house of Martha and Mary ’ by Vasari , ‘ the cheapest Vasari I 've ever seen ’ , was one comment , which made £9,000 ( $14,400 ) ; and lot 92 , ‘ The Annunciation ’ , a late work by Procaccini which made £92,000 ( $147,200 , est. £20,000–30,000 ) . |
| 25 | There are several reasons for this concern with dementia sufferers and with finding ways of sustaining them at home . |
| 26 | However , many clients were supported by the scheme , and it is only through comparison with the control sample that one can determine whether or not the project was successful in sustaining them at home for a longer period of time than would have been the case without it . |
| 27 | FRINGE BENEFITS Colin Ward gets away from it all , submerging himself at Dartington |
| 28 | First establishing himself at Sockbridge Hall , Lowther moved to London permanently in 1663 . |
| 29 | ‘ I look forward to meeting you at dinner , ’ Ana said , the lovely , blank eyes turned to them . |
| 30 | Number 60 's wife was shouting something at number 60 's children . |