Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [v-ing] at the " in BNC.

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1 Others might be talking to their girlfriends or just idly smoking and looking at the sky .
2 When he shows a film or summat his room 's like a little cinema — you know , people sitting round watching the telly in the dark , and smoking and laughing at the funny bits and that .
3 The photograph was brown and curling at the edges .
4 Your eye makes a natural adjustment for this when looking at the scene direct so that the colour appears the same irrespective of the lighting .
5 I first heard of this when camping at the foot of Bredon Hill in Worcestershire in 1960 .
6 It 's probably no more pleasant than living at the centre of some large , dirty , crime-ridden city .
7 He passed Caballeros and Bugner as they were holing out at the 15th and driving at the short 16th .
8 Her eyes were wide with sworls of silver and blue brighter than looking at the sun at its zenith in the longest day of summer .
9 Boats carrying troops and equipment began leaving Toulon on Sept. 21 and arriving at the Red Sea port of Yanbu in Saudi Arabia on Sept. 29 , while from Sept. 23 the aircraft carrier Clémenceau also began unloading some 500 troops and 42 helicopters in Yanbu , returning afterwards to France .
10 ‘ I still think the carrot of a final at Wembley is terrific but looking at the gates , especially in Italy , I do n't know if the fans want this competition . ’
11 Robins slightly endeared herself to me by going a little pink and gazing at the ceiling .
12 Extending the curriculum to include a range of applications which more adequately than at present represents the kinds of human endeavour where mathematics is used would be another such change , with fewer examples involving ballistics and war , for instance , and more involving such activities as working with fabrics , designing appliances for the disabled or looking at the school canteen 's queuing problems .
13 There was a daily requisition to carry troops to the Rossall rifle ranges , leaving between 8–30 and 9–30 and returning at the end of the afternoon .
14 Song a hoopoe-like succession of hoots , rising at first and falling at the end , sometimes in the form of a trill .
15 The spy , referred to in the report only by his US code name " Donald F. " , had been recruited by the US Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) in 1961 while working at the Soviet mission to the United Nations in New York .
16 He lay on his bunk with his eyes open and staring at the rafter ceiling for all the hours that were common for the men of Hut 2 .
17 For a long time she imagined she might open the door and see the body of her mother , stretched out in death on her bed , her arms folded across her chest , her eyes still open and staring at the ceiling .
18 The densely hooded vegetation is soothing and disorientating at the same time .
19 If he starts being really difficult and kicking at the partitions we sometimes have to put hobbles on him .
20 A word can be misspelled , mis-recognised or mis-written , but all three cases appear the same when looking at the pattern recogniser output .
21 We believe that every asylum seeker , whether in-country or arriving at the ports , should have access to good free legal advice .
22 He collapsed back on the bed , eyes wide and staring at the white ceiling .
23 It was the same feeling as that experienced when standing at the edge of an enormous drop and the desire to jump seems overpowering .
24 Such data are relevant when looking at the impact trade unions may be able to have on the national political process .
25 Castoret landed some nice bets for for Hills stable when winning at the Derby meeting here and amateur Charlie Vigors is entrusted with the job of getting the York cash back in the Moet And Chandon .
26 He died , unexpectedly , after a short illness aged only 39 whilst staying at the Phoenix Hotel in Taunton .
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