Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] at a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1990 it came of age , in 1991 it carried on where it left off with a superb Easter opening at a cold and windy Donington Park , England … |
| 2 | While I was shaving , peacefully surveying my baggy eyes , thick lips hinting at a recent cold sore , and ever-deepening wrinkles , I saw in the mirror something monstrous appear around the side of my grey hair . |
| 3 | The reason that you use hot air is to keep that combustion going at a good temperature . |
| 4 | The ILP leadership , feeling it had a mandate from the Easter Conference , made preparations for a Special Conference at which it would make : a recommendation for disaffiliation , and for the re-organisation of the ILP as an independent Socialist Party with a programme aiming at a decisive change from Capitalism to Socialism . |
| 5 | It is interesting to note that a quiet bedroom is about 35 on the scale , at 55 communication starts to become difficult , a car travelling at a steady 60 k.p.h. at seven metres distance is just over 70 , a heavy diesel lorry at 40 k.p.h. at seven metres is 85 , a pneumatic drill at seven metres is 95 and 120 is the threshold of pain . |
| 6 | Some time later I heard a chink of glass and looked up to find Dennis sitting at a nearby table with a half-empty bottle of chilled rosé . |
| 7 | Is that ambition functioning at a high level or is it just a sense of obligation or is it idealism ? |
| 8 | Rocky , busy waving his charges on board , glanced over his shoulder in time to see a small group of dark shapes disappearing at a fast lope round the bend of the curving driveway . |
| 9 | Last night the old campaigner Benn was at an end of election meeting at a local community hall ; tonight there is a post-count tea with sandwiches . |
| 10 | Stretched out on a bed was Chuck Riley , with a girl dabbing at a nasty bruise on his forehead . |
| 11 | The maintenance contract is likely to increase to £5,000 p.a. by the end of 1993/94 , with additional repair costs on non-maintained equipment running at a further £3,000 p.a. ( average 15 repairs ) in the same period . |
| 12 | But afterwards , I found myself in the dim bathroom of my hut staring at a haunted face . |
| 13 | On the Red Hall estate on Tuesday he was taking his orders from Coun. Sonia Willans standing at a central point while the other members radiated out . |
| 14 | ‘ The answer to both your questions is yes , ’ she told the girl sitting at a long table on the far side of the room . |
| 15 | So all in all an excellent result for Washroom which now looks to be a good stable portfolio increasing at a respectable rate . |
| 16 | Clutching the hot loaf to her chest she fled , expecting every minute to hear shouts of : ‘ Thief … thief … ’ as she threaded between the wharves arriving at a narrow lane not far from Marsh Street where the press gangs roamed . |
| 17 | ‘ He has n't asked me … ’ she tried prevarication again , but broke off when , his jaw jutting at a tough angle , Naylor took a menacing step towards her . |
| 18 | With the basket of stocks trading at a combined price of £12.70 yesterday , the puts , exercisable at a strike price of £14.09 and initially costing 117p apiece , carried a mid-price of 203p . |
| 19 | Nonetheless , there are no grounds for imputing laxity to local officials operating at a safe distance from central supervision . |
| 20 | The institution of national investment planning would certainly require broad and determined popular support , but by nature it would depend on the formation of a socialist government and would give an important role to organisations operating at a national level . |
| 21 | One can imagine someone in a room looking at a beautiful painting , drinking in the details and the way in which they combine to constitute the lovely whole , and there being nothing beyond this observer and the object of his contemplation . |
| 22 | Let us look at those towns that grew up in the midst of their own open fields , that entered the nineteenth century with their population rising at a phenomenal rate , but were wholly unable to expand their building area to meet this rise in numbers . |
| 23 | My year between school and university was about as creative as the period Terry Waite spent in captivity staring at a concrete wall with only his postcard of John Bunyan for reading matter , but I did spend the first few weeks of it in the typing class of a comprehensive school in Hackney . |
| 24 | They should be assembled " out of the way " at the top of memory ( each routine starting at a known address ) and then PROC_saved . |
| 25 | The commission had proposed a tax starting at a level equivalent to $3 per barrel of oil this year , rising to $10 per barrel by the end of the century . |
| 26 | Valuable experience can be gained in small agencies anywhere because you may have to turn your hand to any job that needs doing at a given moment . |
| 27 | He could see Everett sitting at a tall stool , in an office not unlike Henry ‘ s , helping to build the wealth of the empire . |
| 28 | ‘ Oi already 'ahd 10 on the board boi then , ’ explained the Smallholder , a faint wisp of happy remembrance tugging at a few cheek muscles . |
| 29 | Supported by WACC , MAP Internacional is one of the few Protestant organisations working at a regional level on health issues . |
| 30 | Finally , an extraordinary group of figures parading at a masked ball by Giovanni Antonio Guardi is estimated at £180,000–200,000 ( $275,000–306,000 ) . |