Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [v-ing] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hoddle kicked off by telling Swindon he wanted to leave … he wanted a bigger club … next thing Chelsea are knocking at the door for both Hoddle and John Gorman … they both resigned … |
| 2 | Well the way Chelsea are playing at the moment , you 've got a very good chance of winning . |
| 3 | When kittens are sucking at the nipple , letting the mother know all is well . |
| 4 | Already , my fingers are picking at the edge of the pad and I have only written , ( dragged out ) 178 words , but who 's counting ? |
| 5 | This is also known as the purposive approach , since the courts are looking at the purpose for which the Act was passed . |
| 6 | Brian Adair : country 's courts are creaking at the seams |
| 7 | Doubts about Communist motives in Spain would have been submerged under the general enthusiasm for the Republic , had not doubts about Soviet Communism been growing at the same time . |
| 8 | Downland Housing Association are building at the Larch Cottage site , Portsmouth Road , while the second site is at Lynchborough Road , Passfield . |
| 9 | No other foreigners are training at the moment . |
| 10 | His benevolent brown eyes are looking at the floor to Shirley 's left , about five feet beyond her , and he appears to be thinking not about the flute as a career , but about the problems and opportunities of kitchen floor tiling . |
| 11 | Bargaining or negotiation , a less pompous term is haggling , only occur when both parties are dealing at the margin . |
| 12 | Both parties are looking at the project from different angles , so it is not surprising if each fails to see the other 's viewpoint . |
| 13 | A group of Russian teenagers are studying at the Abbey International College ; they 'll help to show the orphans around : |
| 14 | Not all subjects are changing at the same pace although the national curriculum will in time no doubt reach some kind of consistency . |
| 15 | It is quite possible that the economy may converge to a steady state not characterized by equilibrium , e.g. , where capital and the labour force are growing at the same rate , but there is a constant level of unemployment . |
| 16 | Revolutionary Iran responded with the familiar accusation that the superpowers were uniting at the expense of Iran to secure their own interests . |
| 17 | So if I wrote , ‘ The next day was a Fuesday ’ because I hit the wrong key on the typewriter , they used to leave it in , thinking that was what the kids were saying at the time ! |
| 18 | Seb and Antony were looking at the horses dubiously , trying to see past glories and failing . |
| 19 | The agreement was that if both cars were running at the front with no problems , then I was to win . |
| 20 | I mean , surely the English hens were laying at the same rate as they did in peacetime ? |
| 21 | Now I I construe that , the way that 's constructed to mean that er when we 're say that the tide had turned against new settlements , as some districts were doing at the time this came out . |
| 22 | Such structures also seem to provide a kind of elementary momentum in periods where a discipline is in the doldrums , and not a great deal is happening at the research level . |
| 23 | Difficult to see which way the wind is blowing at the moment it 's quite swirling . |
| 24 | The research is looking at the issues from a variety of angles . |
| 25 | Sefa-Dedeh is looking at the hydration properties of legumes with the idea of developing a variety that takes less time . |
| 26 | Water is normally paid for via the water rates , but the water industry is looking at the feasibility of water metering in the future . |
| 27 | Instead the queues have been forming to secure places on the landscape painting holidays Mr Waldie is running at the Esplanade Hotel , Scarborough . |
| 28 | The Cemetery Club 's showing at the Wyvern until Saturday night . |
| 29 | Nellie was sitting at the bedside . |
| 30 | Nellie was chuckling at the story . |