Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A loud banging at the front door stopped both of them in their tracks . |
| 2 | He was cut short by a loud knocking at the front door . |
| 3 | Merely looking at the final stage of supply can obscure the full range of options open to a particular firm in its choice of serving foreign markets . |
| 4 | One of the most important areas of credit management is risk assessment , not only looking at the individual customer companies concerned , but also at the current financial background in which they operate . |
| 5 | It should be a condition , for anyone thinking about development to resist trying to infer how a structure develops by only looking at the final result . |
| 6 | John Heminges said they were dark , cruel plays , and that Will was only looking at the black side of people . |
| 7 | he continued , suddenly grinning at the tall old man as they walked between the levels of stoves and cookers and fires , Scullions ran about the place , carrying brooms and buckets and baskets full of hidden ingredients . |
| 8 | Unix System Labs is apparently looking at the Tiny 386BSD boot disk ( the one that 's been circulating in the academia , which derives from Bill Jolitz 's work and is not from Berkeley System Design Inc ) checking that it does n't infringe their property rights . |
| 9 | ‘ But in these hard times , cars are only selling at the right price . |
| 10 | Here is this man , never previously seen doing his public duty , always seen merely roaring at the Labour Party or being interviewed like any tuppeny-ha'penny minister , now occupying the despatch-box which is the only site that gives credibility to his claim to be a prime-minister-in-waiting . |
| 11 | The words written by Hinrich Medau in 1933 continue to guide our work today : ‘ The all-important inspiration of Medau work still remains the close connection between movement and music and we are constantly working at the deepening and widening of our knowledge in this as in other spheres ’ . |
| 12 | At one function staged by the Party in Schweinfurt in October 1940 , for example , the local population turned out in force to welcome U-Boat veterans at a recruiting session for the navy , but the same people ‘ were almost entirely missing at the other functions of the NSDAP ’ . |
| 13 | She was not the only one with the same idea , because on arriving at Clarendon Road there was quite a sizeable crowd , just gazing at the still smouldering ruin of a terrace of five houses . |
| 14 | It is much more than just looking at the ultimate consequences . |
| 15 | I mean one day , I mean I was in a customer care meeting for three hours on Monday , so obviously I lost some there , but you know , that particular day I was on a , just on the phone personally on my B M S for just over three hours , and just looking at the other things that I had to deal with . |
| 16 | ARE we missing anything by just looking at the obvious ? |
| 17 | We 'll just looking at the big book together do you want to come and join us ? |
| 18 | Erm , this er , again , try to be right be er try to understand the mind , instead of just , just looking at the harsh facts , the hard cold facts and trying from there . |
| 19 | The Baron was already standing at the open front door . |
| 20 | Maggie met and talked to others she knew before finally arriving at the Commemorative Hall . |
| 21 | The crowds , eventually numbering in the thousands , evolved into a spontaneous anti-war demonstration and headed across town , disrupting traffic while shouting ‘ No blood for oil ’ and finally rallying at the United Nations building . |
| 22 | By that stage I was already working at the Canadian Embassy , and I let the staff buy some of the pictures from me , but again it was very cheaply . |
| 23 | Still fuming at the insensitive arrogance of the man she turned and left the office . |
| 24 | Durance was still looking at the painted woman stepping from the shadow . |
| 25 | Midwinter was still looking at the revolting hand . |
| 26 | Now , once more looking at the small boy , she said briskly , ‘ Come , make up your mind quick , Bobbie ; I know you 've bought a shipping order tonight but there 's this lady and gentleman waiting to be served . ’ |
| 27 | At The Hague , still aiming at the illustrated magazine market , he concentrated on figures in action , and in the process would be distracted by other subjects : by shabby house fronts , factories , drying sheds , parks , churches , refuse dumps , freight yards . |
| 28 | ‘ He would n't speak to you , Gilbert , ’ continued Rohmer , still staring at the shattered window as if willing the lightning to return . |
| 29 | ‘ His eyes are a very nice color , ’ Isobel said , still staring at the sleeping baby . |
| 30 | With guidance the client will learn to climb the ladder gradually starting at the bottom one rung at a time . |