Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's not until the front tyres are struggling for adhesion , and screaming in anguish as the nose slithers round , that the Dodge 's steering imparts any sensation of what 's happening down at road level . |
| 2 | But it is possible that the Dostoevsky scholar whose book prompted Bayley 's comment might not have understood it — how could an acknowledged great novel , worth writing about at length , be said not to ‘ come off ’ ? |
| 3 | If you wish to use old frames for your pressed flower work , you may find just what you are looking for at home , or by rummaging around in junk shops or at auctions . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's always rather difficult to know quite what they are looking for at ACCM and there are fashions in what is acceptable and what not . |
| 5 | Dynamo Kiev of the newly-independent Ukraine , sharing some of the problems of the Yugoslav team in that they no longer have a league worth speaking of at home , looked short of inspiration against Barcelona in their Group B semi-final . |
| 6 | Vera Shroff , a mathematics student , found that tutoring brought back the fun of a subject she was having some teething troubles in coping with at university level . |
| 7 | This is an excellent example of what the local historian will be coping with at parish level . |
| 8 | It used to be dinner for us at night , you see , cos we did n't have time for stopping like at lunchtime . |
| 9 | ‘ What they 're dealing with at home is so important to them , it 's hard to concentrate . ’ |
| 10 | You spoke about what was said in the brochure that management charges had been or would be running at about a rate of inflation , we can see it on page fifty six , it 's better if you look at it I think , rather than I parrot phrase , see fifty six if you so kind now see fifty six is talking about at Broadstone will the management charges greatly increase the answer is no management service , er , sorry has appointed U K leading management specialist for several reasons , firstly because of their professional caring attitude , secondly because time has shown that management charges , rises the rate either slightly below or at the levelled inflation when that brochure was produced in respect of that development was that statement true or was it not ? |
| 11 | ‘ What was that mysterious place you were talking about at Aunt Nance 's ? ’ |
| 12 | I never used to I never used to realize what people were talking about at school and stuff when they said . |
| 13 | They said the only thing we 've been talking about at R F S is his er wheel effects . |
| 14 | It was the man they had been talking about at Christmas dinner . |
| 15 | But that was a classic , classic one they were talking about at Christmas |
| 16 | Pat said , " I gather Bert thinks this comrade the one Jasper was talking to at Melstead may have some useful leads . " |
| 17 | Twenty three minutes , no no no it 's not twenty three Martin , you 're not reading the clock correctly , it 's twenty six and a half minutes away from nine o'clock , they 're still playing down at Lane so they 're getting er enough time down there to er get stuck into er all the injury time . |
| 18 | something I am reading or thinking about at present that I would like to remember . |
| 19 | ‘ I came back because I was hoping to get some England recognition and thought my chances would improve , especially under a manager whom I loved working with at Sheffield Wednesday , ’ the player admitted . |
| 20 | ‘ I came back because I was hoping to get some England recognition and thought my chances would improve , especially under a manager whom I loved working with at Sheffield Wednesday , ’ the player admitted . |
| 21 | The letter is worth quoting from at length : |
| 22 | work when I was fifteen , and I was away then for a while and then after the war when I come back I was working at at Cruisbruk . |