Example sentences of "[pron] [v-ing] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ One of them was so desperate to stop me overtaking at the ford he lost his footing and fell backwards into the water . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ( Try to imagine someone leering at a cat , or at a Yorkshire pudding . ) |
| 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 | ‘ I just keep coming in and see someone sitting at a computer not moving , and I wonder , should the computer be there in lieu of the person ? ’ says one broker |
| 9 | One leading broker admits , ‘ I just keep coming in and see someone sitting at a computer not moving , and I wonder should the computer be there in lieu of the person ? ’ |
| 10 | Someone sitting at a table at the far end of the cafe got up and came over to them . |
| 11 | Erm , erm , they go to see , they , first of all it starts with them looking at a notice board with the notice on it . |
| 12 | He saw me looking at the picture and said , ‘ Kolwezi , Southern Zaire , 1978 . ’ |
| 13 | 56-56 Spencer , and came right towards me looking at the ground , then looking up quick as he must have sensed me . |
| 14 | Reid saw me looking at the iron bars . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Delaney found himself looking at a cargo vessel with a very high superstructure three-quarters aft . |
| 17 | Peter opened one at random and found himself looking at a photograph of Kate . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | She gazing at the sea , he at her . |
| 22 | Or was she listening at the door ? |
| 23 | Are you talking about the current rate as it prevails or we 're told it prevails ion North Yorkshire , or are you looking at a figure which is somewhat nearer the national average or the figure which Mr 's organization have chosen . |
| 24 | You looking at the majority of clients are all gon na be , |
| 25 | You 've got one are you looking at the Christmas fair ? |
| 26 | ‘ Got you looking at the Zoo Pictures , has she ? ’ |
| 27 | What what kind of food did you get , and where were you living at the time ? |
| 28 | So high were these prison walls , indeed , that they left you wondering at the build of the common Italian criminal . |
| 29 | ‘ Fair enough — I kept you waiting at the Company office . |
| 30 | 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 . |