Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pos pn] [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I certainly feel like celebrat ing my painting at the moment — I have n't done any for weeks . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm really enjoying my game at the moment , because it 's been a top end to the season for us , ’ he enthused . |
| 3 | I can appreciate Edouard would rather have me wasting my time at the museum instead of going round to his flat and trying to persuade Barbara Coleman to leave , but sending someone to kill me was rather an over-reaction . ’ |
| 4 | I plucked one of the torches from the wall and crouched down , wrinkling my nose at the mild sour odour . |
| 5 | They did n't appear to mind me playing a double game , allying with each in turn , then becoming their opponent at the next round . |
| 6 | He never charged for the rooms and the journalists repaid him by keeping their custom at the bar . |
| 7 | Everything I 've said about the training of Dawn might lead you to think it 's just a question of patience and keeping her weight at the right level , but there really is much more to it than that . |
| 8 | Writers and actors have been pledging their support at the start of National Library Week . |
| 9 | Police say the group has murdered more than 37 Escobar associates and blown up buildings belonging to his family since announcing its formation at the start of February . |
| 10 | Fran forced herself to sound cool and friendly , to betray no hint of the fear twisting her heart at the thought of what she might discover . |
| 11 | Maggie was stabbing her finger at the different plates on the table , and her aunt wagged her head and pursed her lips before she said , flatly , ‘ I 'm courting one of the airmen ; he comes to Donald 's farm . ’ |
| 12 | The maid had retired , tossing her head at the thought of such low people as them gyppos having the sauce to interrupt the master at his supper . |
| 13 | In a sense , Franco had the United Nations to thank for consolidating his regime at the end of the Second World War . |
| 14 | These included the rationalization of the State Intelligence Secretariat ( SIDE ) , with one-third of employees being made redundant and buildings and vehicles auctioned off ( the SIDE chief , Juan Bautista Yofre , announcing his resignation at the end of the month and being succeeded by Hugo Anzorreguí ) , and the creation of a central body to supervise the finances of public-sector companies due for privatization . |
| 15 | ‘ Kick me again , ’ said Georgiades , keeping his voice at the gentle , conversational level , ‘ and I will kick your balls so hard that they will fly out of your backside . ’ |
| 16 | Now , Huy was visiting the embalmer alone , barely repressing his fury at the delay , but for which a girl 's life might have been saved . |
| 17 | THE former chairman of the GLC 's Police Committee and member of Ken Livingstone 's municipal revolutionary guard , Boateng , 40 , has risen rapidly since gaining his seat at the last election . |
| 18 | The questions being argued in the courtroom were these : could the defendant claim that driving his car at the gang was self-defence , given that he had already escaped ? |
| 19 | This can be multiplied manyfold in its unpleasantness , if you are a woman emptying your bladder at the time . |
| 20 | Elek also approached Edie Lamont after seeing her work at the London Group and discussed the idea for an illustrated book on Wales . |
| 21 | Christopher 's outstretched right hand was running slowly through her hair , touching her head at the roots and pulling the hair outwards so that it fell back like a fan . |
| 22 | Realising its error at the last minute , the magazine just managed to insert a back-page acknowledgement of its gaffe but not to correct the offending caption . |
| 23 | It includes handling their reception at the station , airport or parking lot . |
| 24 | Their opponents have been through the mangle recently , going out of two cup competitions courtesy of Bangor and seeing their lead at the top of the table cut to a slender one point . |
| 25 | She came to an abrupt halt , stooped and sniffed , wrinkling her nose at the odour of whisky . |
| 26 | Julie wanted to know , wrinkling her nose at the smell . |
| 27 | Lips compressed into a thin line of tension , she strode along the corridor and into her office , wrinkling her nose at the musty smell of stale air . |
| 28 | Last year congress carried a motion on racism and fascism expressing its alarm at the rise of fascism and racism in Germany and France this has always been a trade union issue . |
| 29 | In Strasbourg , the 23-nation Council of Europe issued a statement expressing its indignation at the killing . |
| 30 | Cheltenham Borough Council has passed a motion expressing its outrage at the murder and has promised to imrove security in the town . |