Example sentences of "[verb] [coord] [v-ing] at [noun] " in BNC.

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1 For many people , singing or playing at services is perhaps their only link with the Church , and it may well prove to be a temporary one .
2 Paul Traynor is a freelance journalist who has been walking and backpacking at home and abroad for over 25 years
3 At the end of the first year he went to France and Belgium on a two year mission for the Mormon Church , returning and graduating at BYU in 1973 .
4 Well she 's jumping up and down , she 's screaming and laughing and shouting at people and hollering oh .
5 The other element of group violence is of course , if there are a group of people throwing bricks at the police , or chanting or swearing at people wanting to go to work from a picket line , the law , the criminal law is designed to prove guilt against an individual for an individual 's conduct according to the preordained laws , whether they be statute law or common law .
6 So is not smoking or drinking at night .
7 His offences included repeated fouls , fighting , swearing and spitting at officials or opponents .
8 The man with the corkscrew curls had been hanging round , listening and staring at Thomas Clarkson .
9 Mairi was still shrieking and striking at Luch while Master Beaton bent over the bed .
10 Geoff er had a problem with transport so I rang A B A Disco shouting and screaming at Alistaire about if I sit here any longer you 're gon na have to chip me off , I 'm frozen !
11 With grit and determination she makes it in a man 's world by hiring and firing at will .
12 Plenty of Saloon Singin' 'n' Dancin' at Dublin 's Barn Dance
13 Up on the Wolds , the Scots were looting and killing at Malton and around the villages of Kilham and Rudston ; shrewdly the prior of Bridlington sent a Scottish-born canon to Malton to negotiate for the safety of his house , while at the same time the priory prudently removed all its muniments , vestments and precious relics ( a piece of the true cross among them ) to Goxhill , in Lincolnshire , and left only eight canons with one chalice in Bridlington .
14 He 's been singing and playing at Pepe 's for the last two years , and lots of girls have tried to corner him .
15 Following this , they laid him on the bed again , and when he started to groan May said , ‘ He 'll live , ’ and turning and looking at Mrs Funnell , she added , ‘ Unfortunately , ’ before marching out of the room .
16 Today , that former assistant , Professor George Ivan Smith is retired and living at Stroud in Gloucestershire , from where he 's researched the truth behind the crash .
17 ( 7 ) For the purpose of attending and voting at meetings a member of a recognised body shall not appoint as a proxy or corporate representative any person other than a solicitor who is a member or officer of or who is working in the practice of , or a registered foreign lawyer who is a member or director of , ( a ) the recognised body or ( b ) a recognised body which is itself a member of the recognised body .
18 ( 7 ) For the purpose of attending and voting at meetings a member of a recognised body shall not appoint as proxy or corporate representative any person other than a solicitor who is a member or officer of or who is working in the practice of , or a registered foreign lawyer who is a member or director of , ( a ) the recognised body or ( b ) a recognised body which is itself a member of the recognised body .
19 For the purpose of attending and voting at meetings a member shall not appoint any person as a proxy or corporate representative contrary to the Rules .
20 For the purpose of attending and voting at meetings a member shall not appoint any person as a proxy or corporate representative contrary to the Rules .
21 There was humping and heaving at Les Halles , and unloading and loading in the Cours Mirabeau , not to mention the display that had to be set up afresh daily .
22 And these people who are moaning and groaning at Jesus , Jesus turns to them and he speaks this parable .
23 That means that after years of scrimping and saving at Charlton Lawrence should enjoy the luxury of preparing for the big time with money to spend .
24 During this period mariners employed a day ( of twenty-four hours ) starting and ending at noon , with the date twelve hours in advance of the land calendar .
25 The course , starting and finishing at Mountbenger , is based on the B709 , B7009 with the climb from the Ettrick valley over the Swires to the A708 on the Yarrow valley .
26 Scheduled for Sunday June 13 , the bike ride will take in some of the loveliest parts of the county , starting and finishing at Belvoir Park Forest in Belfast .
27 But it was already obvious that the horn blast had come from elsewhere entirely — not from the Halfling camp or even from the human regiments of the Empire army , but from the fierce goblin Wolf Riders who were hacking and biting at will as Halflings ran hither and thither in blind panic .
28 Many of the suggestions in this book about ways of using video assume that the person using it is familiar with what the machine can do and so feels confident about finding a place on a tape , stopping and starting at will , turning the sound up and down and so on .
29 Yes … yes indeed … ’ she was nodding and glancing at Jess , then away , the flush in her cheeks ripening .
30 They never stopped eating or talking or looking at people performing .
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