Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [pron] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At last , when he thought he could wait no longer , he glimpsed Benedicta slip silently up the nave to join the other two members of his congregation , kneeling between them at the entrance to the rood screen . |
| 2 | He looks and the bear 's hanging off it at the side , grrr ! on the window and the man goes aargh ! and the man runs off and he gets on he gets on an aeroplane the aeroplane and he 's safe . |
| 3 | Zach told her his age , which was nine , and spelt out his name , apologizing for it at the same time . |
| 4 | Two days sitting in the plane and fifty bourbons later I had this young born-again advocate holding my hand and praying for me at the top of his voice . |
| 5 | And then , walking behind her at a rather greater distance than might have been thought usual , came Linnet Gage in a dress that fell from her tiny waist as gracefully and naturally as a waterfall , each diaphanous tulle frill overlapping the other with perfect simplicity , her face as delicate and beautiful as rare porcelain , her blue eyes clouded by a dream of remote but tantalizing sweetness , which also touched the corners of her lips , raising them very slightly in a smile of which every man present must have wished to know the secret . |
| 6 | Nine others are appearing with him at the commital proceedings . |
| 7 | Nine others are appearing with him at the commital proceedings . |
| 8 | Michael Grant , who was 24 , died within moments of a fuel oil tank exploding under him at the Midlands Electricity power station in Plough Lane , Hereford last August . |
| 9 | ‘ One tea , ’ says Ida , appearing beside us at the table , ‘ with eggs , tomatoes , chips and beans . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ You do enough mumbling to yourself at the back of the shop when the child 's around , but when it comes to something constructive … ’ |
| 11 | Slowly , he put down the silver pen he had been toying with and stood up , walking to her at the windows . |
| 12 | The temple bells were clanging to their climax as Ramlal hurried past the door , clutching his precious document , and laughing to himself at the thought that the God had got nothing from him at all . |
| 13 | There were too many strange things happening around me at the time . ’ |
| 14 | She turned , looking about her at the stables . |
| 15 | Tallis said , amazed , looking about her at the dark , snow-striped land . |
| 16 | All this time Marcus was standing , now more upright , looking about him at the various speakers , with an interested air . |
| 17 | Looking about him at the great press of people , the escalator that was a river of people flowing on and on , the crowds that streamed down the stairs so that if a train was held up there would be room for no more to squeeze on to the platform , he wondered why a terrorist group had never thought of putting a bomb in the tube . |
| 18 | He glanced back at her , then turned away , looking about him at the cluttered floor , the smoke-blackened walls , the broken ceiling of the room he was in . |
| 19 | Tuan Ti Fo turned , looking about him at the simple order of his room . |
| 20 | Looking about him at the others , Christian said , ‘ There ! |
| 21 | I came searching for you at the shop and one of your neighbours told me she 'd seen you come this way . ‘ |
| 22 | What point in having , I suppose it 's my fault , I should have read these erm , bits added to it more carefully earlier , but it does n't seem to have anything in their about anybody who is actually claiming a carer 's allowance from looking after somebody at the time , and whether we should have a phrase in there that it does n't include anybody that is collecting from the D S S S or anything else for a carer 's allowance anyway , because you do n't want to double pay anybody . |
| 23 | Obviously she is very upset being left alone in a strange country and we are looking after her at the police station . |
| 24 | ‘ His neighbour is looking after it at the moment but I do n't think she 'll be prepared to keep it indefinitely . |
| 25 | She stared at the book-filled wall above the desk , then turned back , seeing how he was looking past her at the same spot . |
| 26 | ‘ What do you want ? ’ he demanded , looking past her at the paladin , who was brandishing his sword . |
| 27 | Arrested with Mrs Dyer was her son-in-law , a Mr Arthur Palmer , who happened to be living with her at the time . |
| 28 | My maternal grandmother was living with us at the time , it having been decided that her flat in Highgate should be closed down for the duration of the war , and she circulated between the homes of her son and three daughters so that she could be looked after . |
| 29 | Initially , Calandrini was on excellent terms with his mentor , De Dominis , lodging with him at the Savoy Hospital . |
| 30 | Looking round her at the cushions , Ellie spotted one with a Regency man and woman on it . |