Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [v-ing] at [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After such a long wait , Ellie was so stiff and so fearful , that she was almost relieved to hear them , laughing and jeering at each other , and then greeting their father , whom they were surprised to see home . |
| 2 | Going by railroad I do not consider as travelling at all ; it ( s merely ‘ being sent ’ to a place , and Very little different from becoming a parcel . |
| 3 | Going by railroad I do not consider as travelling at all ; it is merely being ‘ sent ’ to a place , and very little different from becoming a parcel |
| 4 | Lasting impressions so far : the sun ( miraculously ) shining on the slopes of Dalwhinnie , far in the north , on the first leg of the journey ; stumbling across Drew from the World Cup holiday in a motorway café somewhere in England in the middle of the night ; breakfast and mineral water with Claire ( oh , it was good to see her ) in an Italian cafe near London Victoria ; people throwing up all over the joint on the Seacat crossing to Boulogne ( and me staggering about , legs way out of control , on the deck , getting soaked by the spray , saltwater taste in the mouth , and a rainbow arcing on top of the water behind the catamaran ) ; complaining English and American tourist ( ‘ It 's ridiculous that we have to go through customs — why do we have to go through customs anyway ? … ) ; terrible fatigue on the train to Paris , and temperamental French men shouting and swearing at each other in the aisle ; relief at finding Angela 's flat in Paris ; difficult negotiation of the very narrow stairwell , finally finding her way at the top on the 6th floor ; food , and wine , and a shower , and a bed-settee for the night ; Japanese tourists at Notre Dame , and a man announcing his state of poverty and homelessness on the Métro — ‘ ‘ . |
| 5 | They talked until the horses , squealing and nipping at each other , turned away to hurry purposefully across the field and stand afar , clouds of their breath plumed against the winter air . |
| 6 | I took off at speed with the flimsy boards flexing and bouncing at each stride . |
| 7 | Finally , one has to wonder when looking at some of the Tour professionals ' clubs . |
| 8 | She received all twelve strokes : lamenting and bawling at each , as the warmth of her masochistic sensuality mingled with the heat of the assault on her burning fundament . |
| 9 | Frozen foods are stored at — 18°C throughout distribution and there is no possibility of bacterial cells growing and multiplying at that temperature . |
| 10 | If A knows in advance that B ca n't come , then he is being deceptive ; but if he knows that B knows that he knows that B ca n't come , then he can not be interpreted as requesting at all ( utterance ( i ) might then be a joke , or if B is in an incapacitated ( say , inebriated ) state , perhaps a gibe ) . |
| 11 | Drums began pounding , and several seemingly frail old men launched into a frenzied war-dance , prancing and stabbing at each other with their kerises . |
| 12 | These people believe they are entitled to vent their frustrations by shouting , ranting , threatening and swearing at any person involved in a match because they pay their entrance money , and not suffer any reaction from the targetted individuals . |
| 13 | When the doorbell pinged , they all turned again like puppets operated by one grand master , nodding and smiling at each other as Leo came in . |
| 14 | At hotels near airports and in major cities visitors are arriving and departing at all times with peak periods being the morning departures and arrivals building up during late afternoon and early evening . |
| 15 | They pecked at some dead creature on the moorland verge , squabbling over which of them should have it , wheeling and darting at each other like terrible shadows in the mist . |
| 16 | Everyone was beaming and weeping at this display , this proof of human richness . |
| 17 | In this section we check that starting at any event y in space–time it is always possible to transform to a frame for which locally and where is the Minkowski metric of eqn ( 4.1 ) or ( 4.2 ) . |
| 18 | Two goats will circle head to tail in a display of strength , tossing their heads and posturing and grunting at each other . |
| 19 | Take , for example , the perceptual experience that I have while looking at this bunch of carnations arranged in a vase on the table in the middle of the room . |