Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [adj] at the " in BNC.

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1 He was mounted on a chestnut thoroughbred who was already becoming over-excited at the thought of the day ahead .
2 He watched her making her way through the crowds on the pavement outside Lewis 's already looking bored at the prospect of spending her grandfather 's money .
3 But Jack had only one thought as he and Tina ran down the broken tarmac of the estate road , finally arriving breathless at the front door of the Shepherd 's house .
4 And despite Kenny Dalglish 's spending spree , Moran , 36 , is still going strong at the sharp end of the Premier League .
5 FIRMS are now going bust at the rate of THREE an HOUR .
6 In a lexicon of only 4,000 words , the most frequently occurring tri-gram at the start of a word only occurs 52 times ( it is the tri-gram pro ) .
7 And so it was actually becoming dangerous at the same time .
8 You can just imagine what it would be like if a child was actually wearing this at the time of ignition .
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