Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [vb pp] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A small boy in pyjamas put down the basket he was weaving and looked at the face for a second or two , then turned back to his basket . |
| 2 | A good luncheon or supper dish — and very decorative looking when cut at the table , into the cross-slices of which Elizabeth Raffald notes that " the skin makes them look ribbed " . |
| 3 | Grooms from the Spanish Riding School of Vienna unloading a Lipizzaner stallion at Wembley Arena , London , where the school will stage six performances , starting on Thursday , demonstrating the classical art of riding as practised at the Imperial Court of Vienna . |
| 4 | It still means , however , to be up and running and organised at the erm |
| 5 | Everyone was drinking but scattered at the sight of Bill Sykes but this little girl went back on stage to finish her drink ! |
| 6 | The men wore short kilts of grey homespun , their hair was flowing or knotted at the back , most were bearded : the uplanders had arrived from the Glen of Keltney . |
| 7 | General Carson laid down the slip of paper he had been studying and looked at the colonel seated across the table from him . |
| 8 | Then we slump , sweaty , gibbering and exhausted at the top . |