Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [adv prt] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Production had been building up at Courtaulds ' $85 million plant near Mobile , Alabama , since June , 1992 . |
| 2 | Before his last throw of the dice he had been hanging on at Etten in hopes of a visit from Mauve , who had half promised to come and initiate him into ‘ the mysteries of the palette ’ . |
| 3 | You do not have to be a Marxist to see that the official statistics of unemployment include only those who are signing on at Job Centres and are eligible for benefit . |
| 4 | ‘ By the look of what 's on the meter some sucker 's been driving around at ground level . |
| 5 | ‘ Someone 's been splashing out at Woolworths , ’ said O'Hara , tapping with his hook at the pearls . |
| 6 | In 1940 U.556 had been fitting out at Hamburg at the same quay as the Bismarck and in return for borrowing Bismarck 's band for her commissioning ceremony , Wohlfarth , who was a skilled cartoonist , prepared a document , charred at the edges to show its age , whereby U.556 would ‘ adopt ’ Bismarck ( as towns in Germany and England then were adopting warships ) and protect her from harm in all the oceans , seas , lakes , ponds , puddles of the world . |
| 7 | The issue of January 29 , 1972 offered readers a taster of the future in the shape of a small box proclaiming ‘ We 're Freaking Out At NME ’ and hinting arcanely at big changes afoot . |
| 8 | And we talk about standard light bulbs — the idea here is that take a terrestrial example again , suppose you 're looking out at night and you see a light approaching you , if it 's a cyclist with a very faint light then you 'll not see him until he 's quite close . |
| 9 | If you 're going out at night , make sure your parents always know where you are , who you are with and how to contact you . |
| 10 | We got so that , I mean , especially if we 're going out at night and something 's |
| 11 | that means you 're getting in at midnight into |
| 12 | we 'll have to get our skates on for rugby … they 're kicking off at Kingsholm at seven o clock |
| 13 | They 're playing down at Marlow and skippering Bicester I hope will be Simon Greater , welcome Simon . |
| 14 | The General Secretary mentions some of them in his Report , and I do not apologize for mentioning it again , they 're fighting back at Timex , they 're fighting back at Burnsall , in my own region at Crawley we 've twenty members who 've been on strike for the last sixteen and a half weeks . |
| 15 | The General Secretary mentions some of them in his Report , and I do not apologize for mentioning it again , they 're fighting back at Timex , they 're fighting back at Burnsall , in my own region at Crawley we 've twenty members who 've been on strike for the last sixteen and a half weeks . |
| 16 | Shipbuilding for the Royal Navy has been going on at Lairds since the 1830s . |
| 17 | A devolution of power had also been going on at home and all our policy must take account of it . |
| 18 | How do you feel about the way things are going over at Bicester these days Alan ? |
| 19 | More 16-year-olds are staying on at school than ever before — more than 50 per cent . |
| 20 | Richardson claims that a number of other things that are coming up at Christie 's this month belong to him : notably a Picasso drawing of Dora Maar and some Braque Christmas cards that Cooper never forwarded . |
| 21 | The voucher holders , who also hold a gold card , will be queueing up at Roker Park for their tickets throughout this week . |
| 22 | Well you want one walkover do n't you , then you 'll be walking round at Twickenham . |
| 23 | I wonder if in ten years ' time Mr. Duggan will be looking back at videos of ‘ England 's glory years ’ and then be writing to RW&P to remind us of the lock forward who elbowed his opposite number from behind , perforating his eardrum , or the flankers who really do n't seem to mind where their feet or hands come into contact with their opponents . |
| 24 | FOUR RAILWAYMEN have plumped for a ‘ busmen 's holiday ’ this autumn … by organising a charity rail tour to delightful Poole in Dorset which will be picking up at Wigan North Western . |
| 25 | ‘ Does n't it disgust you to be lying around at home while your child works herself into an early grave ? ’ |
| 26 | An hour had passed since she had thought about Catherine , about her and Mike and what would be going on at home . |
| 27 | I 'm getting off at Ibiza . |
| 28 | I think probably Norm 's pyjamas will be coming up at Sotheby 's pretty soon . ’ |
| 29 | Millwall 's Horne , however , will be linking up at Roker Park and could play in Sunday 's crunch game with Leicester if Tony Norman fails to recover from injury . |
| 30 | The InterCity-style ten coach charter express , which will also be putting down at Winchester , Southampton and Bournemouth , will pull into Wigan at approximately 7.50 a.m. on September 12 . |