Example sentences of "[noun pl] [v-ing] [adv prt] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But on this day , an unusually cloudless Sunday late in October , I had travelled from Cornwall ; the train was two hours late , and I rushed , humping my case , past the mute crowds gazing up at the information board , towards the taxi rank . |
| 2 | She pulled off her clothes and left them in a heap , then lay on top of the covers looking up at the ceiling . |
| 3 | Peter Suvarov smiled , his eyes crinkling up at the corners and his bitter mouth relaxing , and handed her a handkerchief . |
| 4 | Should be a few goals going in at the Baseball Ground on Sunday … the central live match is Derby County against Oxford United … |
| 5 | He was held in a reclining position by his seat-belt , with his head bent back and his mouth open , his eyes staring up at the roof of the car , his right arm hanging straight down , his left snagged on the gear-stick . |
| 6 | Slorne became still and took stance on the branch quite near to Creggan , her head tilting to one site , ant her eyes staring out at the sunset sky that rose massively now over the Cages . |
| 7 | He stared moodily at the photograph at the thin face with its moustache and big ears smiling out at an unimaginable future . |
| 8 | You could see the prisoners looking back at the two bodies in the centre of the carnage ; there was a lot of blood now , spreading in pools . |
| 9 | They 've seen language labs , which are great , more or less mould away for lack of resources to keep them in working order , and they see micros coming in at a time when everything else is being cut . |
| 10 | Gina sprang to her feet glaring down at the golden-skinned Dane lounging opposite her . |
| 11 | Simon Cope of London-based commercial agent Gerald Eve , which is marketing the scheme jointly with Sanderson Townend & Gilbert , said : ‘ There has been as reasonable amount of interest in the past , and marketing has occasionally been stopped while discussions have taken place , but there are serious discussions going on at the moment . ’ |
| 12 | Not a single vehicle passed , but after some time they heard the roar of bombs going off at the airfield . |
| 13 | There are various activities going on at the present , looking at the state of the rainforest , and what is happening , one of which is a project which we are involved in ourselves , which is looking at the incentives to people to erm manage the forest , for sustained yield , so it produces timber indefinitely . |
| 14 | Tables listing 60 endowment companies published in the periodical Planned Savings show that the top performers for endowment policies paying out at the end of 1990 could do anything up to twice as well as companies at the bottom of the table . |
| 15 | There 's like two pieces sticking out at the back you could ge get your foot on it and pull a a this hundred weight er piece of coal off ran up with it ! |
| 16 | Her call came after the surrender of the last group of rebels holding out at a military air base at Mactan in the central Philippines . |
| 17 | It was almost time for Compline when Cadfael came from the gardens after his last round of the evening , and saw horsemen riding in at the gate . |
| 18 | There are few more pathetic sights than aggrieved bowlers staring down at the popping-crease after being no-balled , craning neck insinuating that the umpire was in error . |
| 19 | It is our intention to keep goods turning over at a livelier pace and it would therefore be appreciated if you would return any goods which you are unable to sell . |
| 20 | He was a great favourite with the London playgoers , and there were a lot of Falstaff jokes going round at the time . |
| 21 | This is very much in demand , with so many credit card thefts going on at the moment . " |
| 22 | The changes in legislation have been dramatic since the mid-eighties the majority of changes coming in at the beginning of nineteen ninety three with the E C directives . |
| 23 | Even when set up correctly some units have their clip lights coming on at the slightest provocation , while the Alpha seems to have more headroom before it clips , which should therefore mean less chance of unwanted distortion . |
| 24 | A person of ‘ quality ’ — such as a member of the landed gentry or the clergy — would be at the top of their scale , commanding a funeral similar to that organized by the College of Arms for a knight bachelor , with paupers and wayfarers coming in at the bottom . |
| 25 | Through the wide forward unopening windows there was a riveting view of the rails stretching ahead , signals shining green in the distance , trees flashing back at a useful seventy miles an hour . |
| 26 | Carlie was still looking at him , eyeing the casts , his toes sticking out at the end . |
| 27 | A staircase broad as a major highway wound up through the tree , with vast rooms leading off at every landing . |
| 28 | Reaction to their two recently-rescued Sam Powell ales , formerly brewed by the Sam Powell Brewery in Newtown , Powys , is also very encouraging , with repeat orders coming in at a good rate . |
| 29 | I buy a harmonium — nearly an organ — and spend the rest of my life playing it , thickened with doleful dirges , vainly trying to lay the trauma , my only satisfaction the ashen faced , staring eyed audiences staggering out at the end of performances , primed , and ready to carry on the good work . |
| 30 | The more he thought of the two carpet-baggers standing up at the podium , the more intense the pains in his head became . |