Example sentences of "[verb] [v-ing] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 53 ( 1 ) ( c ) [ A ] disposition of an equitable interest or trust subsisting at the time of the disposition , must be in writing signed by the person disposing of the same , or by his agent thereunto lawfully authorised in writing or by will . |
| 2 | NOW YOU 'VE stopped laughing at the idea of Kevin Costner in tights , you can have a chuckle at the cast rumoured to be lined up for his Robin Hood movie Prince Of Thieves — Danny DeVito ( above ) as Friar Tuck , either Patsy Kensit , Emily Lloyd or Imogen Stubbs as Maid Marian and as Robin 's big buddy Little John , John Goodman , who is reported to have been paid $750,000 just to stay interested in playing Fred Flintstone while the producers look for a script |
| 3 | Together they started to laugh , the deep chuckle and the dry whispery cackle rolling past the monks , who returned with a start to their praying ; past Bridhe , Elizabeth , Marion , Hector and his young attendants , the women , clan officers , nephews , cousins , clansmen great and common , clustered weeping at the death-bed of the man who had been chief for the whole life-time of most of them . |
| 4 | She stopped struggling at the sound of her name , and his hand dropped from her face . |
| 5 | Junior environment minister found careering at the wheel after midnight during the Tory party conference in Bournemouth . |
| 6 | I had to excuse myself and go out of the room , or I would have collapsed laughing at the doctor 's reaction . |
| 7 | One might also consider looking at the range of employment/unemployment experience and labour market participation and activity rates , although international comparisons of unemployment are notoriously difficult to make given the variation in definitions and data collection . |
| 8 | Party discipline in the Senate is even weaker than in the House ; several powerful senators have a better-than-nodding acquaintance with the petrochemical industry ; and the Senate Finance Committee , which starts looking at the bill on June 7th , has a Democratic majority of only 11 to nine . |
| 9 | Middlesbrough Council 's assistant chief environmental health officer David Rigby explained : ‘ The audit will include looking at the waste produced by companies and what they do with it , the raw materials used , energy costs and the whole effect of the process . ’ |
| 10 | The blade needs replacing at the moment it is snatching at the grass . |
| 11 | In line with their wish to introduce greater solemnity into worship , the Arminian bishops insisted that the parish clergy should incorporate into their church services a number of ritualistic features regarded by ministers and parishioners alike as ‘ popish ’ ; these included bowing at the name of Jesus , genuflection , kneeling to receive communion , and the insistence that women should wear veils while being churched following childbirth . |
| 12 | Reading was difficult for me , especially when it involved looking at the chalkboard , and I soon found myself being classed as ‘ thick ’ . |
| 13 | When I finally stopped growing at the age of 17 I felt relief . |
| 14 | Para 5.1.1 We suggest adding at the end ‘ … is treated equitably within the constraints of corporate and strategic planning . |
| 15 | This decision divided the independent types from the gregarious ; some thoroughly enjoyed staying at the hostel for years : |
| 16 | If you fit it , the sump will need cutting at the front and deepening at the rear to maintain capacity . |
| 17 | The detour was to Holmstroyd and involved stopping at the jetty . |
| 18 | In the kitchen she found Rodney stirring the contents of two saucepans and Veronica , John and a young man she did not know sitting at the table drinking wine . |
| 19 | Among the nine projects benefiting from this year 's grants were Southwark , which receives £29,555 to provide floodlighting at the Orchard Sports Centre and the London Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award Scheme , which gets £25,000 . |
| 20 | Someone starts hammering at the door . |
| 21 | This was out of 329 volumes which were left after 150 titles were reported missing at the time of the 1865 review . |
| 22 | Now his executors hope that the money raised by the Constable will pay off the last of his debts and enable his wife , Austrian Countess Lucy Czernin and their two children , Edward , 11 , and Charlotte , 15 , to continue living at the house . |
| 23 | Mr Hartley 's mother Isabel said : ‘ He often has barbecues and goes swimming at the river when it 's hot . ’ |
| 24 | They tend perhaps just to lack that real killer instinct and erm it 's such a great shame because people might laugh and joke looking at the league table , in fact United , since Christmas , have played some very good football indeed . |
| 25 | We intend looking at the situation again in … |
| 26 | I mean looking at the game you just could n't believe United would only get a point out of it erm when you went in at half time only one nil up , you so dominated the game I do n't think Charlton had a chance did they ? |
| 27 | I 'd also stopped looking at the sculpture . |
| 28 | I avoided looking at the thermometer . |
| 29 | I hate looking at the meat , I hate touching it … ’ |
| 30 | I wonder whether the same view would apply if Neil Young or Van Morrison came knocking at the door . ’ |