Example sentences of "[noun sg] he [be] [v-ing] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | What 's the speed he 's travelling at ? |
| 2 | At 21 Henry Skelton had his life before him … a brilliant artist and musician he was studying at New College , Oxford . |
| 3 | Under ‘ Thursday ’ , he read of only two engagements : his treat , that is , the lunch he was giving at English 's Oyster House at one o'clock for six of his local party , much travelled Salopians upon whose goodwill , patience and forbearance he had long relied ; and ( here his heart fell ) the National Society of Agents ' dinner at the Metropole Hotel . |
| 4 | Hope Adrian 's in a good mood You have n't seen what work he 's doing at the moment then , how does he know ? |
| 5 | However , most of the work he was doing at this time was of a minor nature . |
| 6 | Then he spoke to Mother , but did n't look at her ; when he replied to her question he was looking at O , and O was looking at him . |
| 7 | One moment he was shouting at the boys in the dorm to keep quiet , the next thing he was in the bathroom retching , then out on the landing , heaving and crying out . |
| 8 | She had a strong suspicion he was laughing at her , but for the moment decided to let it pass . |
| 9 | Nutty remembered supposing that Nails would hit a bullseye every time if he pretended it was a policeman he was shooting at , and wondered how she was going to reconcile that . |
| 10 | They did n't tally with the cool , distant woman he was looking at now . |
| 11 | There was no trace of a smile on his face , so why did she have the feeling he was laughing at her ? |
| 12 | This means that a sailor who is lost at sea can tell which lighthouse he is looking at by simply counting the . |
| 13 | Dennis eventually went off with her on his own , leaving Nicholson to return alone to their hotel where he acted out some kind of ritual guarding of their rooms , ready to forewarn of an attack he was expecting at any moment from some non-existent Red Indians . |
| 14 | The board he 's sitting at in your picture has the pieces the wrong way round . |
| 15 | Sir James was reported as having called for a return of capital punishment , launched an attack on the parole system , favoured the abolition of the right to silence for accused persons , referred to a black person as a ‘ nig-nog ’ , and made a remark about ‘ murderous Sikhs ’ involved in a case he was hearing at the time . |
| 16 | She clapped her hand over the bit he was peering at . |
| 17 | One of the subjects in the mixed B A course he was doing at university was linguistics … |
| 18 | At present he is looking at renewing ITN 's contract with Channel 4 , linking into breakfast TV , negotiating for the new Channel 5 franchise and possibly supplying news programmes for cable and satellite stations abroad . |
| 19 | No she 's looked under the M's and the fax but , I 'll have to have a word with Anthony when he comes back and see what the hell he 's playing at . |
| 20 | Just wonder what the hell he 's playing at |
| 21 | He had disappeared entirely , leaving me to wonder what the hell he was playing at . |
| 22 | Not because he wanted to set up a model village , but because he saw that with the employment he was generating at Bournville out in the Worcestershire countryside , speculative builders would come in and put up very inferior dwellings if he did n't take a hand . |
| 23 | ( Crawford 's ultimate suspension from school came two weeks before he was due to take his leaving exams and he gained two CSEs by taking them in the hostel he was staying at . ) |
| 24 | Possibly a convenient excuse to get him out of the team , the way he 's playing at the moment ? |
| 25 | The way he was looking at her , it was obvious he knew the truth . |
| 26 | The way he was looking at him , Philip knew he was testing him . |
| 27 | Although anything less repentant than the way he was looking at her now , Folly thought , would be hard to imagine . |
| 28 | From the way he was looking at her , you 'd think the damned car park , and the hotel , belonged to him ! |
| 29 | The way he was looking at her — |
| 30 | The way he was looking at her as much as the words and tone struck a personal note , and she regarded him uncertainly , unsure of what he was saying , or asking . |