Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adj] at [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They proceeded slowly back uphill , with Hyacinth walking taller at each step as she appreciated the glamour of her new condition . |
| 2 | Hair sometimes changes from being dry to becoming greasy at this age but as likely as not will revert later to its usual condition . |
| 3 | Travelling was becoming fashionable at this time , but it was still unusual for a woman to tour the country in this way . |
| 4 | He 's in his well actually probably pushing forty at this stage . |
| 5 | If you are under pressure to eat out socially you should be able to do this and include it as part of your regime without having to compensate by going hungry at some time prior to the meal out . |
| 6 | When she became pregnant for the third time she was given an amniocentesis , the only form of testing available at that time . |
| 7 | There are people who suffer from this , as do those who , although perfectly healthy , are afraid of getting ill at some time in the future . |
| 8 | People are getting desperate at this time of year . |
| 9 | One advantage of doing this at this stage is that the reader will probably feel able to devote a little extra effort to learning this terminology as the statements of the theorems themselves will take little remembering — many of them should be fairly familiar to him already . |
| 10 | The narrator , waxing enthusiastic at this reception , contrived to relate how the fisherman took ‘ Old Charley ’ in his boat the Irene round the foreland to Margate the very last time he came down to Broadstairs . |
| 11 | Sarah tried to stop herself from feeling happy at this revelation . |
| 12 | Q What do I do if I am feeling unwell at any time ? |