Example sentences of "[v-ing] at a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is like eavesdropping at a match , though such ‘ alternative ’ humour is very rare . |
| 2 | With the coarse fishing season opening at a minute past midnight tonight June 16 anglers all over the region will be itching to get to their favourite waters . |
| 3 | ‘ Lady Agnes told me , laughing at a virgin pretending to be pregnant ! ’ |
| 4 | THE Princess of Wales arrived smiling and laughing at a Christmas concert last night . |
| 5 | ‘ You 'll fall by the wayside , ’ said Hugh , laughing at a vehemence he could well understand . |
| 6 | But few critics are laughing at a time when ex-Klansman David Duke is able seriously to contend the governorship of Louisiana . |
| 7 | ‘ Fancy laughing at a woman in that condition ! ’ |
| 8 | The reason for this is to prevent additional symptoms occurring at a time when you might be suffering from PMT . |
| 9 | Moreover , this is occurring at a time when few resources are available to enable them to deal with increased numbers . |
| 10 | For Iraq , the effect had been particularly severe , occurring at a time when the country was suffering a financial crisis as a result of having fought a war against Iran on behalf of all Arabs . |
| 11 | The second measure of objective risk is that used by Watts and Quimby ( 1980 ) , the total number of accidents occurring at a junction divided by the average traffic flow at the junction . |
| 12 | The pattern consisted of repetitive peristaltic contractions in the body of the oesophagus not related to swallowing and occurring at a rhythm of four to eight contractions per minute and lasting for periods of two to eight minutes . |
| 13 | Each branch point can be thought of as occurring at a cell division and so the branching pattern is also a cell lineage which starts with the multipotential stem cell . |
| 14 | In a study undertaken over a two-week period , Tom Tadecki , research director of the International Coalition Against Violent Entertainment , found that more than 33 per cent of its programmes involved some form of aggression , with violent acts occurring at a rate of 10 per hour . |
| 15 | The figures for BBC 1 and BBC 2 were 10 per cent , with violent acts occurring at a rate of 2.5 per hour on BBC 1 , and two on BBC 2 . |
| 16 | Lown and Wolf classified ventricular extrasystoles occurring at a rate of less than one per minute as isolated and of little prognostic significance , whereas those occurring at a rate of more than one per minute were more indicative of an unfavourable prognosis . |
| 17 | Lown and Wolf classified ventricular extrasystoles occurring at a rate of less than one per minute as isolated and of little prognostic significance , whereas those occurring at a rate of more than one per minute were more indicative of an unfavourable prognosis . |
| 18 | Other electrocardiographic abnormalities , in addition to ventricular extrasystoles occurring at a rate of more than 1/min , regarded as of ‘ sinister ’ importance — that is , markers of potentially serious complications are , ST segment increase or depression of more than 1 mm , supraventricular tachycardia ( three or more consecutive supraventricular extrasystoles at a rate of more than 130/min ) , second or third degree heart block , ventricular bigemini or trigemini , ventricular tachycardia , ventricular fibrillation or asystole . |
| 19 | The article quoted the former editor of the Catholic News , Edgar D'Souza , who accused Lee of using the controversial Internal Security Act ( ISA ) against the Church and of " tricking " the Catholic Archbishop of Singapore , Gregory Yong Sool Nighean , into appearing at a press conference in support of the government over the arrests . |
| 20 | Closed Circuit Television cameras are appearing at a location near you — or , at least at the east end of Princes Street , Tollcross , Haymarket , St. John 's Road , Leith Walk and Quality Street . |
| 21 | The reporting restrictions which forbid the identification of a child appearing at a youth court would also apply in Crown court , unless they were lifted . |
| 22 | Subjects were asked to make rhyme judgments about consonants appearing at a rate of one per second . |
| 23 | This year came Ella to Britain , with his three sons , Clymen and Wlenking , and Cissa , in three ships ; landing at a place that is called Clymenshore . |
| 24 | She walked further up the hill to where the golden light still came unhindered , following from one patch of sunlight to another as they fell through gaps in the houses , until she was in a little cul-de-sac quite open to it , ending at a railway . |
| 25 | Instead of turning back or taking the upper channel , a long cul-de-sac ending at a floodgate , Dennis beached the punt on the rollers forming a portage over the weir . |
| 26 | A public road threads a delightful passage through woodlands in the company of river and loch for the first few miles , ending at a car park from which further progress is possible only by walking — and further progress should certainly be made . |
| 27 | It is not difficult to form a physical picture of what is actually happening at a re-entrant such as a crack , especially if we consider the matter upon a molecular scale . |
| 28 | And yet this is happening at a moment when the leaders in question stand exceptionally low in public esteem . |
| 29 | All of these changes were happening at a time when the rapid expansion of television was encouraging even greater isolation . |
| 30 | All this was happening at a time when the Canadian Northern Railway was creating , in effect , a third transcontinental railway , built on much more economical lines than the exceptionally expensive and high-quality GTP . |