Example sentences of "[adj] [v-ing] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Remember to keep these screws well back , to be hidden by the frame , because although the Faithful kneeling at the altar are meant to have their minds on other things , this is professional woodwork and we do n't want them peering up the legs of our fixings . |
| 2 | Actually it must be quite interesting looking at the development of language as time goes on . |
| 3 | Erm looking at the employ sorry looking at the output side er the question looking at trends and output over the last four months shows that in all the four regions manufacturers say that output has increased over the preceding four months . |
| 4 | ‘ Nipples do n't twinkle — you must have fallen asleep looking at the fairy lights on the Christmas tree , ’ she scoffed . |
| 5 | SunSoft president Ed Zander was probably ill-advised suggesting at the announcement that serious changes would be made . |
| 6 | SunSoft president Ed Zander was probably ill-advised suggesting at the announcement that serious changes would be made . |
| 7 | She said most of it was it was n't the actual looking at the hole it was that she was hurting him pushing it in . |
| 8 | The Draft provides for the service of documents required for the purpose of a civil proceeding at the request of a tribunal ( defined to include courts , and administrative agencies engaged in the exercise of judicial or quasi-judicial functions ) of the state of origin . |
| 9 | Angelica 's eyes were just visible staring at the wall , unblinking . |
| 10 | There was much national rejoicing at the jubilee to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II 's reign since 1952 . |
| 11 | There was no incredible bulging at the centre ; no cracks , no jagged patches where plaster might have fallen under the strain . |
| 12 | This was a time of very rapid warming at the end of a little ice age and if we can understand how the climate changed at this time , we 're much better able to predict future climatic perturbations as the earth warms up due to the addition of greenhouse gases . |
| 13 | On race day , after all-night working at the factory , a solitary car turned up and the stewards gave special permission for driver Raymond Sommer to do three exploratory laps . |
| 14 | Yet ‘ to ascertain whether or not an institution is a charity , it is , then , no good looking at the Act ’ . |
| 15 | He was sitting still looking at the book with an Art-Is Wonderful air about him ( for my benefit , not because he believes it , of course ) . |
| 16 | It was all very well picking at the past like this if it helped to exorcise the demons , but he was n't sure that was what William wanted . |
| 17 | She stood rooted staring at the woman . |
| 18 | I was so busy looking at the coach . |
| 19 | You 're sometimes so busy looking at the wood that you do n't smell the trees are rotten . ’ |
| 20 | Her father was busy looking at the Evening News , as he did every evening after tea . |
| 21 | I was too busy looking at the picture and the frame |
| 22 | ‘ It would have been much better if I could have been happy working at the forge . |
| 23 | Roland felt a strange pricking at the base of his neck . |
| 24 | To the North American , his South American counterpart comes too close for comfort whereas the South American feels uneasy conversing at the distance his partner demands . |
| 25 | Vauxhall 's director of manufacturing , John Barber , said yesterday that short-time working at the company 's Luton and Ellesmere Port plants would have to continue . |
| 26 | Were I just looking at the DOS version , I 'd be pretty happy with that , but it 's with the Windows version that major flaws appear . |
| 27 | Symptom : Larger fish , in particular gasping at the surface . |
| 28 | It is not to maintain the pretence that there is no autocue ; it is because continuous looking at the camera apparently produces a disconcerting ‘ super-stare ’ of hostility . |
| 29 | But we might be able to do something by internal reshuffling at the clinic . |