Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] at some " in BNC.

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1 The third section offers a critical exploration of possible starting points for new strategies , not least by looking anew at some of the difficult and resilient questions about cultural identity and belongingness , about ethnicity and community , that were often glossed over or disavowed in the antiracist movement .
2 But before it does , the Daily Mirror , along with Carry On creators Peter Rogers and Gerald Thomas , has been looking back at some of the funniest moments ever to be played out on the big screen .
3 Before we go a word about tomorrow night 's programme when we 'll be looking back at some of the highlights from the first ten years of Central News .
4 Meanwhile , last year 's president , Alan Wilcox , Richmond 's Town Clerk , is putting together a bumper centenary brochure looking back at some of the highlights .
5 Looking recently at some vintage notes on the early nineteenth century , I was struck by how many were classified as ‘ useless ’ , one ‘ the worst possible ’ and another ‘ so bad that proprietors in desperation left grapes hanging on vines ’ .
6 The strong winds took their toll throughout the day with most competitors finding themselves going overboard at some point during the faces , which came under the control of Bolton Sailing Club officials .
7 Erm , if it 's paid up you can start paying again at some point in the future , but you have to pay an extra one-off charge , to do it , I think .
8 Well she was staying overnight at some wee girl 's house and I 'd say well that 's alright as long as you 're as long as , you know , that know the wee girl 's mother maybe , she 's a daughter a wee bit older than Lindsey herself who had the , but no this mother see she was divorced and going with these men and let her daughter stay out to half eleven , and Lindsey was , n was n't in her house till half eleven .
9 Martin and Chase nodded , Bunny buried his head into Santa 's neck and Trippy yelled , ‘ A wise decision , Cap'n Smollett , ’ and struck up Jingle Bells with us all joining in at some point or another .
10 Increasingly Moran could be seen in the fields staring idly at some task he should be completing .
11 The producer of the programme , Jack Barton , felt that ‘ if the viewers could accept Nina and her disabilities , there was a chance of chipping away at some of the old prejudices that stand to prevent mentally handicapped people from being accepted in the community . ’
12 For a moment the two gentlemen stared at him in perplexity , as he shook his head , bubbling over at some private joke , until he caught the puzzlement on both faces .
13 He paused , frowning while staring ahead at some of the other riders , then he said , ‘ Excuse me — I must stop them from taking the wrong track . ’
14 They brought me down that day from Edinburgh , bundled me into a transit van with seats but no windows , handcuffed to a big quiet London lad who would n't talk to me at all and did n't even say much to the other two cops in the back of the transit just sat staring ahead and we seemed to drive all night just stopping once at some service station on the Ml , took a while to arrange everything , then they came in with a selection of cans of soft drinks and sandwiches and pasties and pork pies and chocolate and we all sat there munching then they asked me did I need the toilet and I said yes and they opened the door and it was straight over the grass into the gents ' toilets , two cops guarding the door and some men , looked like truckers , standing watching me , waiting for their turn after I 'd had my private visit ; only wanted a pee but I could n't do it even though the big lad was n't actually watching just having him standing there handcuffed to me was enough so they checked the stalls and then took the cuffs off me and I had to leave the door open a crack while I went , then back out and I see the other cop cars Christ a Range Rover and a Senator too I 'm a fucking VIP , then it 's into the van and on with the journey to London where the questioning starts ; they 're concentrating on Sir Rufus 's murder , for now , because they found a card a fucking business card in the woods near the burned cottage ; not mine that would have been too obvious but a card from a guy I know on Jane 's Defence Weekly with some scribbled notes on the back :
15 Unfortunately , a glance over the rise will usually reveal a fat sheep chewing vacantly at some grass .
16 In the reflected light of the fire he saw the silhouette of an entirely naked Moi female kneeling at his side , and as he watched , her hands began working rhythmically at some unseen task .
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