Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [verb] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am looking at a photograph of an adult dunnock , so small in comparison to its monstrous foster-child that it has to perch on its back in order to feed it . |
| 2 | My parents still do n't know what course I am pursuing at a college of education . |
| 3 | I am to teach at a London drama academy . |
| 4 | ‘ Zack old buddy , I am staring at a fruit-bowl , a big bowl , and you know what ? |
| 5 | An erm I 'm looking at a Christian Aid produced brochure called Trade for Change , which is the name of Christian Aid 's campaign . |
| 6 | I turn to face the cop , but find I 'm looking at a black guy I ai n't seen before . |
| 7 | I 'm looking at a farmhouse , some sheep and some hills . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ No , I 'm working at a caff in Harwich . ’ |
| 9 | How far would I go in ten hours , if I 'm going at a steady sixty miles an hour ? |
| 10 | Direct proportionality , if I 'm driving at a steady sixty miles an hour , how far would I go in erm one hour ? |
| 11 | At first glance I thought I was looking at a cross between a gibbon and a goat . |
| 12 | ‘ I was looking at a muzzle shooting at me and I was quite content . |
| 13 | I was looking at a picture of Stapleton 's face . |
| 14 | Well , er we 're very lucky that er Oxford 's pretty well covered , yes , we 've , or could do with some more volunteers of course , but we 've got about one hundred and twenty people who 'll be going out in the city , and I was looking at a map this morning and it 's very well covered indeed with purple and yellow lines where we 've actually got people on the ground . |
| 15 | I was learning at a place where we hired the computer 's time and it was cheaper to get a night run . |
| 16 | As a child I was kept at a distance from her , because of rifts in the family . |
| 17 | White Face materialized out of thin air when I was drinking at a pool . |
| 18 | On 29 July , while I was teaching at a secondary school near London , I got married to . |
| 19 | I was staying at a very nice hotel called The Swans Nest which allows dogs . |
| 20 | Then one day — I 'll always remember — I was staying at a friend 's house and I was sweeping this carpet and I had this vision . |
| 21 | ‘ I was staying at a hotel , so I rang room service for a raw steak , which arrived with a flower in a vase and a piece of lemon on the side . |
| 22 | ‘ I found that within the first two years I more than trebled my external income simply because I was entertaining at a large conference-style table in a nicely furnished area . |
| 23 | The following night , I was speaking at a transport dinner in London and found myself sitting two or three down from a general . |
| 24 | A few years later , while I was talking at a meeting on educational reform , a local superintendent of schools rose from his seat in the back of the room and , moving to the door , said scornfully , so that many could hear , ‘ Well , back to reality ’ . |
| 25 | Although I was walking at a normal pace the impact stunned me . |
| 26 | A few months later I was sitting at a table opposite three Foreign Office officials . |
| 27 | ‘ They sent me out to do a match report and while I was sitting at a desk typing it up , Captain Bob appeared in the office , attracted by the presence of television cameras . |
| 28 | I was carried at a smooth lope by Trigger , or sometimes Silver . |
| 29 | Suddenly I awoke to the fact that I was staring at a tree on the other side of the road and that this tree was green and delicate . |
| 30 | When I opened my eyes reluctantly , I was staring at a small piece of pavement miles below , between two sloping hills . |