Example sentences of "[verb] at [art] [noun] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was tedious , but no longer alarming , and as she contrived most mornings to slip down to the shore for gulps of sea air , though she was careful now never to go beyond the rocks around the headland , she did not chafe at the confinement as once she had . |
| 2 | The issues of weapons shipments , attempts to achieve a ceasefire in El Salvador , and the stalled demobilisation of the contras were expected to dominate the two-day summit , which Mr Arias described at the weekend as critical to the future of the peace process . |
| 3 | The issues of weapons shipments , attempts to achieve a ceasefire in El Salvador , and the stalled demobilisation of the contras were expected to dominate the two-day summit , which Mr Arias described at the weekend as critical to the future of the peace process . |
| 4 | He winced at the memory as he hammered on the steel and then looked through the spy port . |
| 5 | Julie snatched at the knife as the man disappeared back into the blackness outside . |
| 6 | Though I do believe Alfieri is still important for the role he plays which I mentioned at the beginning as it is clever of Miller to incorporate the ‘ narrator ’ into the play in this way although it is not an original idea as Shakespeare used it with his characters ' soliloquies . |
| 7 | Charles stopped at the door as the others filed out . |
| 8 | She stopped at the corner as the two scientists approached the doors . |
| 9 | And to stand at the ford as long as humanly possible , denying the Northumbrians the crossing until they were forced to give way . |
| 10 | Well to work at the weekend as well |
| 11 | The meeting urged cadres to work at the frontline as " vanguard models " to demonstrate the " strong leadership provided by the superior socialist system " in triumphing over natural disasters . |
| 12 | They stood listening at the door as Gerald Hussey made a short speech of welcome ; then there were further exchanges in low voices which Sara could not make out . |
| 13 | Besides building an 18-hole golf course , and charging trainers to exercise their horses on the track , he is instigating another new concept in this country by constructing American-style barns so that training can be done at the track as it is in the United States . |
| 14 | Frogs and reptiles gather beside the exits snapping at the insects as they flock out on to the ramps . |
| 15 | The effect of such correction can , in some instances , be dramatic , as in the case of a child who , after receiving his first pair of spectacles , spent several evenings looking at the stars as it was the first time he had ever been able to see them . |
| 16 | One can therefore presume that he was not looking at the landscape as scenery but as habitat . |
| 17 | Another investigation , looking at the problem as it were from the opposite direction , compared adoptees selected for later estimates of their creativity and then examined incidences of mental illness . |
| 18 | I was looking at the garden as I came in , I thought I might have , even though I did n't know the number |
| 19 | The fact that different dowsers can get very different results on the same site can perhaps be explained as the interaction between their own energy field and the field of the site , so that the dowsing patterns found can only have true meaning by looking at the dowser as well . |
| 20 | He was still looking at the envelopes as they went into a sitting-room at the end of the passage . |
| 21 | looking at the interviewer as you speak to each other ; |
| 22 | Pascoe was still grinning at the story as he rang the doorbell of Arthur Evans 's house . |
| 23 | Mr Lewis came to a halt and for a moment seemed at a loss as to how he should go on . |
| 24 | Future versions of the Alpha will be made at the plant as well as at the one in South Queensferry , Scotland . |
| 25 | It has , of course , been a continuous feature of Britain 's involvement in Europe that each new step , seen at the time as ‘ technical ’ , ‘ consequential ’ , ‘ of no real account ’ , is later declared to be the point at which the pass was sold . |
| 26 | Displays of Horse Drawn Drays and Harness can be seen at the stables as well as daily demonstrations of grooming , driving harnessing . |
| 27 | I always look at the houses as I walk by them . |
| 28 | I always look at the houses as I walk past , and I see a lot of things odder than that , but it 's not my business , is it ? |
| 29 | The idea of the tour is so that they can actually er listen to it , but they can turn it off whenever they want and they can use their guide book to see what is in each room and if you look at the guidebook as we go round , you will find that that the things are illustrated , you know the pot . |
| 30 | If we look at the tissues as they become increasingly inflamed in , for example , a developing boil , we can see how the cells work together . |