Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [pers pn] at [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Shee-it , ’ I said , and felt guilty that I was leaving the island without sharing the chicken dinner that Sarah Straker was doubtless cooking for me at that very moment . |
| 2 | In his introduction Norris acknowledges the difficulty of writing about him at all in such a context : |
| 3 | Suppose that my friend was not looking for me at all . |
| 4 | They might not know him by sight , or might not be looking for him at all . |
| 5 | Keep condoms handy , so you do n't have to go tearing around looking for them at that crucial moment . |
| 6 | Not looking for you at all . |
| 7 | He was not looking at me at all . |
| 8 | He was n't looking at her at all when he said this . |
| 9 | Anyway yes , Whit 's going to us at some stage and I will wander round town while he 's doing his talk and then transcribe it |
| 10 | We combine these by choosing just a few random points in them , say two or three , and copying from the first string up to the first point ; then copying from the second up to the second point ; then copying from the first again ; and so on , switching between them at each point . |
| 11 | And she had wondered how it was she was speaking of him at all . |
| 12 | Who could it be calling on him at this time of night ? |
| 13 | As Byron put it , ‘ I never loved nor pretended to love her , but a man is a man , and if a girl of 18 comes prancing to you at all hours , there is but one way … |
| 14 | From his expression there was not much chance of speaking to him at all and she cast a wary look behind her to the door . |
| 15 | Also more particularly because this particular bit of work has had such thorough examination by the presbyteries that it does n't seem to er justify further tinkering with it at this stage . |
| 16 | Her heart gave a little lurch as she thought about running into him at some time , which she was bound to do . |
| 17 | The hon. Gentleman 's grasp of detail is usually so light that the idea of actually debating with him at all is risible . |
| 18 | It 's just er a small section of foot of a footnote which gives an account of the history of the clause in er of the section in the er Police Act of nineteen sixty four with which we are dealing and of course Your Lordships will be well aware that we moved on from Section er from the Sections of the Police Act , we 're not dealing with them at all , we 're dealing with what has happened to those Clauses since and I thought perhaps Your Lordship might Your Lordships might be interested in the sort of guidance which is made available th so , so fortunately to us and so that we can have our minds very clearly focused upon the issues . |
| 19 | Rock-climbers make sure they have lots of metal implements swinging from them at all times . |
| 20 | Seated where he is , Rhys Williams knows one false move could mean the might of God descending on him at any moment . |
| 21 | You will say I ought to have informed you I would not part with the boy in such circumstances as you had taken trouble to describe but until I saw the girl I was not sure in my own mind what to do and only made it up when confronted with her and not taking to her at all . |
| 22 | It seemed to Schmidt that even though the recollections made her sad , talking about them at all was the beginning of a means to recovery . |
| 23 | You 're talking to it at this very moment , you 're talking it out , you 're talking it down , and you want my help . |
| 24 | Irene Pitt had her lunch with Christopher , saw that he was deeply preoccupied with his election chances , not thinking about her at all , and wondered if she was going to enjoy being married to a politician . |
| 25 | It is not that I inferred from the resemblance in shape that it was a man , until I began to doubt I was not thinking about it at all . |
| 26 | ‘ It was lovely that Cuan was thinking of us at that time , ’ said Mrs Over . |
| 27 | I had about ten staff working for me at that time , all girls and women , supervised by the Senior Clerkess , Emily Lightbody . |
| 28 | 1 openly support the FDR-FMLN and feel that it would be an opportunistic attitude on my part to expect to act as a spiritual leader of my people after the triumph of the revolution if I were not working with them at this crucial time . |
| 29 | And that adds up , one way and another , to about two hundred and forty students who are erm working with us at any given time . |
| 30 | I 'd want to know how much the people who are working on it at all stages are paid , if they 're paid a living wage . |