Example sentences of "[verb] of [v-ing] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The more opportunities he/she has of looking at the illustrations and reading the captions with you , the more he/she will come to recognise the words . |
| 2 | PEG ( to Abberley ) : Are you frightened of dying at the moment ? |
| 3 | Editor , — Reviewing our book , Emily Grundy wrote : ‘ They … contend that there are no grounds for speaking of aging at the cellular level . ’ |
| 4 | Instead , our precise conclusion was that ‘ the probability of cell death does not increase with the age of the culture ; ie , there are no grounds for speaking of aging at the cellular level ’ ( p 216 ) . |
| 5 | She thought of looking at the doctor and indicating that he should interfere and stop it ; but she did not . |
| 6 | None of them thought of looking at the ricks . |
| 7 | Money and a house in the Caribbean sunshine — more than most spies , however successful , could dream of achieving at the end of their careers . |
| 8 | think of looking at the date , I knew the dates twenty fourth to the twenty seventh , I never , I never thought to look , but er |
| 9 | ‘ I disapprove of killing at the best of times , Ace , but , and this is vitally important , you must never kill anyone with a role in recorded history if you can possibly avoid it . |
| 10 | The acquisition of a skeleton of calcium phosphate marked the point at which the fossil record began to contribute to the history of the group which , from our selfish viewpoint , we are conditioned to think of lying at the pinnacle of all evolutionary trees . |
| 11 | Throughout that decade he had complained of overcrowding at the workhouse , particularly of elderly women . |