Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [v-ing] at [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hands should be kept moving at all times , not held in a perfect , but rigid , high-guard defence . |
| 2 | Too soon and both parties are left grinning at each other soundlessly for a quarter of a mile , unsure as to what happens next . |
| 3 | If you are kept waiting at any airport , hoverport or seaport because the departure of your scheduled aircraft , hovercraft or ship , is delayed from the time specified in your Amsterdam Travel Confirmation of Booking invoice , then you can claim benefit in accordance with the following scale . |
| 4 | The damage cost curve is shown starting at some low value at a small or zero concentration — and increasing rapidly at high concentrations . |
| 5 | But if one is to allow counting at all in a literary context , it seems perverse to insist that counting should stop at the number one and go no further . |
| 6 | And he 's a sensible lad , with good prospects , he 'll do well enough when he 's finished studying at that university . |
| 7 | What we have to do is start looking at all the things that make that possible and try and do something else for all the things that do n't help you fill it . |
| 8 | Harriet was sitting working at some petit-point on the evening of Monday , June 5th . |