Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] [adj] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Howard sits tensely at his drawing-board , his mouth tight shut , his eyes gazing unseeing at the paper , rigid with anxiety to produce a good big handle . |
| 2 | In one of the tombs we peered through a dark gap and saw a broken mummy lying exposed at the bottom of a shaft . |
| 3 | One in seven road accidents is caused by drivers falling asleep at the wheel . |
| 4 | Please write to me , c/o Machine Knitting Monthly at the address on page 3 |
| 5 | In 18 patients the operation had been a two stage procedure with a covering ileostomy being closed some three months after primary surgery while in five patients a one stage restorative proctocolectomy with ileal reservoir was performed with the ileal reservoir becoming functional at the time of proctocolectomy . |
| 6 | With the Amazon Swords , there are lot of very good , very large plants becoming available at the moment . |
| 7 | ANATOLY KARPOV looking pensive at the Pilkington Glass World chess championship semi-finals , which opened with considerable elegance on the grey and green carpeted stage of Sadler 's Wells theatre yesterday , writes William Hartston . |
| 8 | The surface was grooved with the tumult of adversarial currents , the turbid water lapping high at the trunks of willows and alders on the banks . |
| 9 | Standing staring appalled at the devastation she had caused , she became aware that the Perks had not instantly attacked her in retaliation for their leader 's ignominious defeat . |
| 10 | Most of the action would be improvised with two or three scenes happening all at the same time as in a mediaeval play . |
| 11 | Sleeves wearing thin at the elbows were shortened . |
| 12 | Then she took up a position standing right at the back . |
| 13 | The unequal distribution of resources in stratified societies enables the better-off to obtain privileged access to educational facilities to have their talent developed , while at the same time disadvantaging those at the bottom . |
| 14 | The proportion of the land supply remaining undeveloped at the end of the five year period will then be available in the following five year period . |
| 15 | The visitors bounced back with Mitchell heading wide at the far post and Cormac O'Donnell bursting into the box where Mark Donnelly 's tackle ended the danger in circumstances that might have brought a spot kick . |
| 16 | The two sides have already met in the league , Telford winning 2–0 at the International Stadium , before Cassidy 's reign began . |