Example sentences of "[noun pl] [v-ing] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The different frequencies of light are what the human eye sees as different colors , with the lowest frequencies appearing at the red end of the spectrum and the highest frequencies at the blue end . |
| 3 | Gemma sits like a reclining obelisk with messy hair dyed a shade lighter than his , large eyes resting at an artful slant , a full mouth . |
| 4 | While I was shaving , peacefully surveying my baggy eyes , thick lips hinting at a recent cold sore , and ever-deepening wrinkles , I saw in the mirror something monstrous appear around the side of my grey hair . |
| 5 | Robyn pursed her lips and tilted her chin , eyes flashing at the scathing tone of his voice . |
| 6 | By searching for flashes repeating at exactly the same rate as the radio pulses , they were able to investigate much fainter pulsations than if they had been looking for pulses occurring at an unknown rate . |
| 7 | He fingered his jaw thoughtfully , eyes glittering at the scarlet patches in her cheeks . |
| 8 | Bending , he feathered a kiss along her cheek , his cool lips pausing at the delicate curve of her ear . |
| 9 | the stratigraphic units subcropping at the top Carboniferous under a cover of younger sediments , |
| 10 | Luther Reynolds clenched the sides of the chair , his large fists curling and uncurling , and his fiery dark eyes glaring at the determined face of David Miller , the stepson he had come to resent with such bitterness that he could taste it . |
| 11 | Paramilitary border police patrolling the area fired tear gas into the crowds and stones were thrown in return ; some stones were thrown at Jews worshipping at the Western — or " Wailing " — Wall situated at the foot of the Temple Mount . |
| 12 | Flinging it wide , she made to thrust the other woman from the house , only to be brought up short by the sight of two gentlemen standing at the other end of the long covered porch . |
| 13 | Rocky , busy waving his charges on board , glanced over his shoulder in time to see a small group of dark shapes disappearing at a fast lope round the bend of the curving driveway . |
| 14 | But if it 's a world problem , if there are international dimensions to our problems in Britain , or to Kenya 's problems in Kenya , or to Mexico 's Mexican problems in Mexico , then somehow we 've got to have international groups looking at the international aspects of those problems . |
| 15 | This is the fourth in a series of articles looking at the forthcoming changes to community care |
| 16 | This is one of a series of articles looking at the forthcoming changes to community care |
| 17 | This is one of a series of articles looking at the forthcoming changes to community care |
| 18 | This is one of a series of articles looking at the forthcoming changes to community care |
| 19 | This is one of a series of articles looking at the forthcoming changes to community care |
| 20 | He , the laibon , had heard Fahfakhs shouting at the accused man in the cells at Ewaso Narok police post before he was taken to the coast . |
| 21 | ‘ Oh , yes , you are , Laura , ’ he drawled softly , her limbs trembling at the hard , flat note of certainty in his voice . |
| 22 | A couple of minutes later , she heard footsteps approaching at the other end of the line . |
| 23 | In court , address all judges from the High Court upwards ( including both circuit judges and recorders when acting as High Court judges , and including also all judges sitting at the Central Criminal Courts ) as ‘ my Lord/Lady . ’ |
| 24 | Clutching the hot loaf to her chest she fled , expecting every minute to hear shouts of : ‘ Thief … thief … ’ as she threaded between the wharves arriving at a narrow lane not far from Marsh Street where the press gangs roamed . |
| 25 | She snatched at the strings of her apron , fingers fretting at the lumpy knot in the small of her back . |
| 26 | When she arched finally , feeling him convulse with a groan between joy and pain , she was swept by waves of pride at the gift that had been given and received , her fingers pulling at the thick dark hair , pushing possessively over the muscles of his back , sliding down the sweat-soaked hollows of his spine to the tight muscles slackening in the aftermath of love . |
| 27 | At the corner of Bowyers Row they stood aside as a huge , wooden wagon rolled by , pulled by four horses , their manes hogged , eyes blinkered and nostrils flaring at the corrupting smell of death . |
| 28 | With the basket of stocks trading at a combined price of £12.70 yesterday , the puts , exercisable at a strike price of £14.09 and initially costing 117p apiece , carried a mid-price of 203p . |
| 29 | Nonetheless , there are no grounds for imputing laxity to local officials operating at a safe distance from central supervision . |
| 30 | The institution of national investment planning would certainly require broad and determined popular support , but by nature it would depend on the formation of a socialist government and would give an important role to organisations operating at a national level . |