Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [v-ing] at [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her love of coaching was developing at this stage too . |
| 2 | The total area of the interface , over which the spreading is occurring at any instant , is determined by these larger eddies . |
| 3 | That erm the county council is pursuing at this er at this alteration . |
| 4 | May and she she an old boy come in in the week , Carole had Friday afternoon off an old boy was knocking at all these doors and something to do with erm put a tape recorder in your house |
| 5 | The plotting room was suddenly silent and the flag was flying at half mast for all to see on the garrison church at Moascar , Ismailia . |
| 6 | ‘ Like making sure there were separate shower facilities and a chaperon if only one girl was attending at any one time . ’ |
| 7 | Memory and imagination were grappling at each other 's throats , and these people would lose if he lay here much longer . |
| 8 | The first speaker should not be the one who discovers whether the microphone is working at all . |
| 9 | On relating the story to Mr Bailey , the man asked whether a train service was running at that time of night . |
| 10 | These formed far and away the largest group in the population of Europe , and it is the evidence that their numbers were expanding rapidly which offers the most substantial proof that the population of western Christendom as a whole was rising at this time . |
| 11 | First , it is clear that they would need to be mutually oriented ; they would each need to be aware of what the other was doing at any time . |
| 12 | A spokesman for Balding said : ‘ The governor is looking at both races though he is still more likely to run on Saturday . ’ |
| 13 | Also , because teeth are on display , treatment usually contains an element of risk and — especially where a dog is aggressive towards its owners or third parties — it must be individually tailored to the family , taking careful account of how the dog is behaving at all times . |
| 14 | As a result over-capacity was running at some 10 million tonnes a year and coal stocks ( including the 10 million tonne national coal reserve to safeguard West German energy supply ) were reaching levels of well over 30 million tonnes . |
| 15 | No one knew where he 'd gone ; everyone was worried sick ; and by the look of her , Shirley Brown was worried the sickest : what could a man be doing at this time of night , for heaven 's sake ? |
| 16 | While the Secretary of State is looking at that , however , will he also take a look at the idiots who race through these roadworks ? |
| 17 | Japanese spending is increasing at such a rate that by the mid-1990s the country may surpass the United States in its expenditure on space science . |
| 18 | It was considered that rough copper was costing at that time £3 : 15s : 0d to produce but would sell for only £2 : 16s : 0d at the most . |
| 19 | If the model is travelling at some speed and/or a sharp turn is made , it will in fact gain height despite the fact that no back cyclic is applied . |
| 20 | If the model is travelling at some speed , things become much more complicated . |
| 21 | There are n't the hours in the day , ten to eleven , your Mum 's coming at half past twelve . |
| 22 | Your dad 's coming at half past four . |
| 23 | If you read that er book er from the Commission you will find their very first goal is in relation to nursery education in deprived areas and the panel 's looking at that , looking at indicators of , of deprivation as well as erm the . |
| 24 | Sistelcom 's president , Victoria Reinoso , announced that investment in the new system was running at some $3.5m per annum , and acknowledged that the system would run at a loss for the first two years . |
| 25 | Before the elections of 1964 , 1966 , and 1970 , real personal disposable income was rising at more than double its normal rate of growth — so supporting the political business cycle thesis , but Alt suggests that these " short pre-election spurts may not do the government of the day all that much good , and there is no evidence that they do ( at least if short-term enough ) the economy any particular harm " . |
| 26 | The gang was pulling at each other , shouting obscenities , opening windows , smoking , drinking wine , pulling the bell cord and shouting for the bus to get under way . |
| 27 | The field has already produced 650,000 barrels of oil and production is continuing at some 5,000 barrels a day — an excellent result , says Central Region production manager Mike Sigsworth . |
| 28 | We are aware of the apparent movement of the Sun across the sky each day , and we are unaware that the Earth is moving at all . |
| 29 | MORTGAGES NOW The housing market is running at half the volume of four years ago , but borrowers need to look carefully at what 's on offer from lenders |
| 30 | If there 's e if there any party 's operating at all , there 's only one p one thing and that 's centre . |