Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun sg] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Doctors ' desires to advance specialisms that they find intellectually exciting , university lecturers pursuing research at the expense of their teaching commitments , engineers wishing to develop technologically advanced products such as Concorde , are just a few examples of the kind of professional aspirations that lead to the misallocation of resources from the clients ' or taxpayers ' point of view . |
| 2 | Before Christine or Ann or any of the other girls playing realised what was happening , the pram began to run down the steep bank , gathering speed at every turn of its wheels . |
| 3 | When his trial opened on May 26 he had been charged with complicity in genocide , and the presiding judge had only substituted the lesser charge of instigating murder at the moment of reaching a verdict . |
| 4 | Civil engineers were checking damage at the site yesterday . |
| 5 | McRae 's Subaru coughed like a grizzly bear , went sideways into the first of a thousand bends , spitting grit in lacerating force at a lot of spectators , as brave as the men they had come to admire then disappeared into the foreboding conifers of Grizedale Forest . |
| 6 | So begin along these lines : With respect , Minister , it 's to do with explaining action at a distance . |
| 7 | Lorry wheels had dug furrows in it , uncovering rock at the bottom . |
| 8 | Shrewd and observant , the Rat is the perfect aide-de-camp , keeping guard at a theatre in Munich where Marco is in danger from kidnappers , watching in the rain under a bush in the garden where a certain prince sympathetic to the cause is to be given the sign . |
| 9 | Exactly 3.7 nanoseconds after play commences , I 'm usually hurling abuse at the game , the C64 , my fellow ZZAP ! reviewers and anything that moves within a ten-yard radius . |
| 10 | Miss Fran Bennett , the group 's director , said the report showed the ‘ scale of deprivation among claimants ’ and challenged the main political parties to put tackling poverty at the top of their agendas . |
| 11 | Compton has also concluded that decentralization has continued despite the energy crisis , the south is still gaining population at the expense of the north ; East Anglia , the South West and the East Midlands continue to be the fastest growing regions ; and that Wales is about to join them . |
| 12 | Welcomed by women of almost all ages as comfortable and a declaration of female sexuality , the short skirt suit with power dressing shoulder-padded jacket was simply the best for oozing confidence at the office . |
| 13 | Welcomed by women of almost all ages as comfortable and a declaration of female sexuality , the short skirt suit with power dressing shoulder-padded jacket was simply the best for oozing confidence at the office . |
| 14 | Overtaking behaviour at a number of locations will be monitored over a period of several months using video-recording equipment . |
| 15 | Earlier this year the Mean Fiddler 's Vince Power and the Pendleton organisation failed to reach agreement on negotiating a new three-year contract and Paul McAvoy , booking manager at the Marquee , got the nod instead . |
| 16 | He was keeping vigil at the church . ’ |
| 17 | DOPE grower Ronald Jenkins was fined yesterday for cultivating cannabis at the age of 71 . |
| 18 | By now the coroner should have been singing some lewd song at the top of his voice , bellowing abuse at the landlord , or urging Athelstan to come back to his house in Cheapside . |
| 19 | Breeze and Gay had printed their handbills with great care , and had painted their board most beautifully — with the result that on the following Sunday afternoon the entire population of Overclyst and Clyst St George filed past Sunset Cottage in slow procession , gazing open-mouthed at the birthplace of such a surprising scheme . |
| 20 | He was back in time , standing battered and blood-stained , gazing open-mouthed at the belt Bartholomew had found hidden beneath the tiled floor . |
| 21 | So , much sooner than he could have hoped , Ramsay came seeking admission at the castle guardhouse once more , glad to see work already in progress on excavating the new outer ditch , and masons busy on reinforcing the parapets and towers , Agnes herself superintending . |
| 22 | One frowning look at the table where a pint pot of tea and a plate of scones or buns should have been awaiting his arrival , sent Martha and Lydia scurrying frantically about until his needs had been met . |
| 23 | Unlike wedding reception speeches the engagement party speeches are usually very short , merely introducing the young couple , expressing pleasure at the engagement , and wishing them happiness . |
| 24 | Expressing disappointment at the decision to dissolve the Royal Commission , for which the new Advisory Council would be no substitute , Heath contended that such a serious outcome could have been avoided if , after the resignation of the initial six members , the Prime Minister or the Home Secretary had said firmly that they would appoint others to take their place . |
| 25 | I WAS interested to read a letter from my old headmaster , Mr D Henderson , expressing disappointment at the failure of his bid to establish a sixth form at Hummersknott School . |
| 26 | He stood up suddenly , kicking his empty bowl of raksi and , shouting abuse at the Tibetan . |
| 27 | Born in the depressed town of Flint , Michigan , 21 years ago , Me Phi Me ( who uses the symbol of the Greek letter phi to spell out his middle name ) started writing poetry at the age of six , before graduating to rapping on the streets . |
| 28 | ‘ Yes , he had a very good record in England but I feel hi is sacrificing skill at the expense of power — or brute force if one is to be honest about it . ’ |
| 29 | Similar proportions were not seeking work at the time of the survey . |
| 30 | Thirty of Germany 's best-known film-makers , including Wenders , Schlöndorff and Werner Herzog , put their names to an advertisement in Variety expressing regret at the decision , writing of ‘ the special responsibility the past imposes on us ’ . |