Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] 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 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I take it you have n't been keeping her at home and just not sent a note ? |
| 15 | Marek was fencing with her , keeping her at bed 's length . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | He was gritting his teeth against the pain , keeping it at bay while he studied the stump , the severed hand . |
| 19 | It is as if an invisible force field is keeping us at arms length . |
| 20 | There are several reasons for this concern with dementia sufferers and with finding ways of sustaining them at home . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | ‘ I look forward to meeting you at dinner , ’ Ana said , the lovely , blank eyes turned to them . |
| 23 | When sentencing him at Oxford Crown Court today , Judge Leo Clarke described it as a motiveless and shocking attack . |
| 24 | " I 'm meeting him at break in one of the music rooms . " |
| 25 | It is offering one of its shares for every ten Wheway shares , valuing it at 10.5p a share . |
| 26 | THE CHESTER International Hotel is set to become part of Queens Moat Houses after the former Business Expansion Scheme company agreed to accept an offer valuing it at £9½m . |
| 27 | The group left the market with a 233p share offer valuing it at Pounds 77.4m . |
| 28 | City talk has it that Pittencrieff , which is rich enough to swallow both Brabant and Aberdeen , is about to bid about £11 million for Aberdeen , valuing it at 22p a share . |
| 29 | One publisher to burst in on the media scene has been Dorling Kindersley , which came to the market in October 1992 at a price of 165p , valuing it at £102m . |
| 30 | Huey and I watch as she cuddles the microphone , wrapping her mouth round it , almost swallowing it at times . |