Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [v-ing] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The embroidery , a pattern of golden lily-flowers dotted here and there , each one at a fair distance from the other , would be confined to the shoulder band and to a broad sash fastening at the back in as large a bow as Miss Dallam would tolerate , its ends falling to the hem of her skirt . |
| 2 | Later that day , after many interviews with ladies who looked as if they 'd come straight from an enthralling hour knitting at the foot of the guillotine , we found our garret . |
| 3 | She saw the old man who had accosted her on her walk that afternoon proceeding at the head of a little posse consisting of a neatly dressed man , a woman with untidy hair and a couple of children . |
| 4 | Then , staring across the moonlit yard , she saw his tall figure standing at the top of the slope leading down to the river . |
| 5 | Is that ambition functioning at a high level or is it just a sense of obligation or is it idealism ? |
| 6 | There was less interest in the possibility of home delivery , although mobile shops calling at the door would be an obvious service to housebound consumes . |
| 7 | The reason that you use hot air is to keep that combustion going at a good temperature . |
| 8 | What would the position be if there was an exceptionally strong gale blowing at the time of the original road accident ? |
| 9 | Among those noting Xu 's habit of using just one board ( ingredients are so fresh and so quickly prepared that food poisoning is not considered a threat ) is Keith Mitchell , team captain of the British chefs competing at the culinary Olympics in Frankfurt next year , and head chef at the Grand Hotel , Eastbourne , East Sussex . |
| 10 | Once in the park , Joyce 's mother had stopped to talk to another young woman while Joyce herself sat watching some birds pecking at the remains of a sandwich that someone had dropped on the path . |
| 11 | His plan was based on the marine lieutenant landing at the Old Quay slipway in the North Harbour and creating a diversion there , while Jones himself landed , undetected it was hoped , on the south foreshore , put the battery there out of action and then , passing round the town , knocked out the North Battery , before joining up with the other party to burn the shipping in both harbours . |
| 12 | Rachel groaned as her alarm sounded the following Monday morning and , rolling over , she flicked the button to silence it , then lay for a few minutes staring at the ceiling . |
| 13 | Another result of training is that the different signals arriving at an element often have similar values , except that some are positive and some negative . |
| 14 | They brought their turbans , their pride and their brown eyes twinkling at the prospect of business . |
| 15 | Erm , the simulator will be developed er for this aircraft starting at the same time as we enter the production investment phase . |
| 16 | Chest x ray showed evidence of previous tuberculosis and some pleural thickening at the left base , which was thought likely to be long standing ( Fig 1 ) . |
| 17 | Wood is near water ; hence this image of an old poplar sprouting at the root . |
| 18 | Another village nestling at the foot of the wolds , not far from Claythorpe and adjacent to extensive woodlands , is Willoughby . |
| 19 | Limone is a very old village nestling at the foot of the cliffs on the lake 's western shore . |
| 20 | The importance of the structure of organic superconductors has come under the scrutiny of another group working at the Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois . |
| 21 | — DURHAM Club Stewards Association branch of the Managerial , Scientific and Finance Union held it 's sixth annual banquet and ball with more than 480 guests attending at the Federation Brewery 's Lancastrian Suite . |
| 22 | Charges are 2 ½%; management fee — this covers free tax reporting at the year end and quarterly valuation and investment reviews — and 6% as a front end charge . |
| 23 | A long way away , he could hear the sound of some dogs howling at the night sky . |
| 24 | Some things needed to change , but some needed to remain the same and I usually found myself in this place pulling at the forces of change as a child might pull at the reins of a runaway horse . |
| 25 | I think Mr. Mendez wanted to get him on his way before he had time to change his mind ; before he spent another night staring at the ceiling and counting all the reasons why he should n't go to Contention . |
| 26 | There have been few studies looking at the sexual risk of HIV infection for women who have sex with women and so there are few reported cases of women infected in this way . |
| 27 | It must be appended to the document either by the signer or by some person acting at the signer 's direction and in the signer 's presence . |
| 28 | The plot comprises two linear portions meeting at a critical chain length c . |
| 29 | Was silly old Eli sitting at the wrong gate ? |
| 30 | Lown and Wolf classified ventricular extrasystoles occurring at a rate of less than one per minute as isolated and of little prognostic significance , whereas those occurring at a rate of more than one per minute were more indicative of an unfavourable prognosis . |