Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] at [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before his last throw of the dice he had been hanging on at Etten in hopes of a visit from Mauve , who had half promised to come and initiate him into ‘ the mysteries of the palette ’ . |
| 2 | He 's struggling along at present with fifty or so sheep , growing a bit of food for himself along with his winter feed for the beasts . |
| 3 | It was here that Minton , whilst sunbathing out at sea on a lilo narrowly escaped the shark which , tempted by a lump of goat meat on a steel hook , was hauled in the next day . |
| 4 | As orbiting was not permitted the force was withdrawn , Sugar landing back at Ford in Sussex . |
| 5 | Walking about at night in the streets of Calcutta and of necessity stepping over emaciated bodies too lethargic to move , or visiting refugee shacks in beautiful Hong Kong , or standing helplessly in the filthy slums of Kampala , always the same agony and anger assailed me as it did on that cold morning in Kiel . |
| 6 | ‘ You need a highchair , ’ declared a long-aproned and straw-boatered young man , grinning down at Thomas in his buggy . |
| 7 | Outside , Goldman was looking down at Schmidt as if he were standing on a cliff 's edge and peering at the drop . |
| 8 | Philippa was laughing in the perimeter of shadow that surrounded the light and Lee felt oddly stable looking down at Larry as if she were surveying an actor from the height and comfort of the gallery . |
| 9 | Jeopardy was leaning against the wall , his head thrown back , arms folded , looking down at Amber with inscrutable eyes . |
| 10 | Cleo cast a dubious glance at the dogs who were all looking up at Lorimer with smiling , gaping mouths and wagging tails . |
| 11 | He only curled up , laying his head down on his forepaws , looking up at Fox with mocking amusement clear in one tilted eye . |
| 12 | He ducked down , looking up at Vologsky from a crouch . |
| 13 | She dozed , open-eyed , looking up at slits of light . |
| 14 | I wonder if in ten years ' time Mr. Duggan will be looking back at videos of ‘ England 's glory years ’ and then be writing to RW&P to remind us of the lock forward who elbowed his opposite number from behind , perforating his eardrum , or the flankers who really do n't seem to mind where their feet or hands come into contact with their opponents . |
| 15 | He was standing by his desk , his arms circling the waist of an extraordinarily beautiful dark-haired girl , who was looking back at Lisa in surprise across his shoulder . |
| 16 | It was as if you were swimming out at sea with a piece of string tied round your middle attached to someone on the shore . |
| 17 | It was monitoring by abolitionists which prompted the seizure by customs officers of a Spanish vessel fitting out at Gravesend for entry into the Cuban slave trade . |
| 18 | In 1940 U.556 had been fitting out at Hamburg at the same quay as the Bismarck and in return for borrowing Bismarck 's band for her commissioning ceremony , Wohlfarth , who was a skilled cartoonist , prepared a document , charred at the edges to show its age , whereby U.556 would ‘ adopt ’ Bismarck ( as towns in Germany and England then were adopting warships ) and protect her from harm in all the oceans , seas , lakes , ponds , puddles of the world . |
| 19 | Just looking around at acres of tired , naked flesh made Jezrael squirm ; she stayed in her room as much as possible . |
| 20 | Ah doubt there 's anybody else has had the sort of opportunity he 's had for flyin' around at will in that part of the Antarctic . ’ |
| 21 | Shipbuilding for the Royal Navy has been going on at Lairds since the 1830s . |
| 22 | All I can say is that in a period of two years erm of five , in that time there was five sets of redundancies at erm Hatfield , there are two occasions we were told that they went through it and agree with the unions that there 'd be no more for twelve months and one occasion there was another chap in three months , so if you believe anything that the P A E people there , you know , you really want to wear dark glasses but could I ask you a question , I understand that there is something going on at work with Richard at and my guess is , is , erm that sort of job which we are , there is some form of development plans going forward . |
| 23 | During the time they have off they are kept in touch with what is going on at work by their line manager . |
| 24 | Maybe it 's time you came down to see what 's going on at Theatre in the Mill . |
| 25 | It was you , after all , who was going on at breakfast about the perils of lapses in concentration . ’ |
| 26 | The people of Midlothian are sick of the Liberal Democrats , because an argument is going on at present in Midlothian about who most wants to back the consortium and whether it is the Scottish National party or the Liberal Democrats . |
| 27 | The researches into medical education going on at places like Southampton and Dundee confirm that smaller adjustments to medical courses can have useful effects on how students learn . |
| 28 | They often came into the dining rooms together and one day they were trying not to listen as Bessie was going on at length about her friend Elsie Dobson . |
| 29 | The boy was going on at length with apparent fluency . |
| 30 | Coughing spasms every 2–3 hours worse ( < ) lying down at night until 3 am . |