Example sentences of "[pron] [v-ing] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His companions were both in their forties , one of them greying at the temples , a squat , powerfully built man ; the other was a tall gangling individual with deep set eyes which remained fixed on Hitch the whole time . |
| 2 | ‘ One of them was so desperate to stop me overtaking at the ford he lost his footing and fell backwards into the water . ’ |
| 3 | It 's not known with any degree of certainty , erm , there was some indication by someone writing at the end of the last century , that it was written by someone in the time of the Queen Elizabeth , hence , perhaps it was God Save The Queen . |
| 4 | At the simplest level this means deciding that someone wearing , say , a skirt in our society is female and acting on the basis of this decision , or deciding that someone shouting at the top of his or her voice is excited or angry and acting accordingly . |
| 5 | The next morning he was woken up by someone kicking at the shop door . |
| 6 | There are two possible ways in which the bells can be arranged so that someone arriving at the door can signal their arrival to a person in a specific apartment . |
| 7 | ‘ When I was walking up to Keble Road yesterday I saw someone standing at the bus-stop outside St Giles ’ Church , waiting to get up to Summertown . |
| 8 | He saw me looking at the picture and said , ‘ Kolwezi , Southern Zaire , 1978 . ’ |
| 9 | 56-56 Spencer , and came right towards me looking at the ground , then looking up quick as he must have sensed me . |
| 10 | Reid saw me looking at the iron bars . |
| 11 | Now , with his head pointing upwards , he found himself gazing at the ridge , as over the sky-line came the silent , moving , red-tinged cumuli . |
| 12 | Huy found himself looking at the man 's lips alone , and the spittle switching from one to the other , in horrified fascination and to the exclusion of everything else . |
| 13 | The people on the pavements were always sprucely dressed , they pushed their prams or followed their dogs at a leisurely , unhurried pace ; the cars purred quietly on the smooth roads ; there was always somebody playing at the Tennis Club . |
| 14 | But in attempting to discover why the Russian Revolution followed the path it did , he found himself arriving at the conclusion that , far from being a ‘ false ’ deviation , in the circumstances of history Stalinism had been necessary . |
| 15 | She gazing at the sea , he at her . |
| 16 | Or was she listening at the door ? |
| 17 | What you looking at the questions ! |
| 18 | You looking at the majority of clients are all gon na be , |
| 19 | You 've got one are you looking at the Christmas fair ? |
| 20 | ‘ Got you looking at the Zoo Pictures , has she ? ’ |
| 21 | What what kind of food did you get , and where were you living at the time ? |
| 22 | So high were these prison walls , indeed , that they left you wondering at the build of the common Italian criminal . |
| 23 | ‘ Fair enough — I kept you waiting at the Company office . |
| 24 | I ask your pardon for leaving you waiting at the door , but I 'm pressed , Owen , the days crowd me , and there are things I must set forward while I may . |
| 25 | What you doing at the weekend Rich ? |
| 26 | See if you can conjure up a picture of you being successful — what were the events , what were your thoughts and feelings , and what were you doing at the time ? |
| 27 | What are you doing at the moment ? |
| 28 | What are you taking at the moment ? |
| 29 | Which of your ‘ probable futures ’ are you creating at the moment ? |
| 30 | What book are you reading at the moment ? |